Overview
- A fire at a Chinese ceramics factory in Faisalabad’s Allama Iqbal Industrial Estate injured eight people, including two Chinese nationals.
- Rescue officials identified the injured Chinese workers as Shi Shong and Liu Long, who received first aid at the scene.
- Six other workers—Ikram-ul-Haq, Samar Abbas, Sajid Ghani, Javed, Amanullah, and Muhammad Naeem—sustained burns and were transported to a hospital.
- Rescue 1122 brought the blaze under control and carried out cooling operations, with officials attributing the ignition to a gas leak during kiln repairs.
- Separately, a finalized report on Karachi’s Gul Plaza fire will be presented to Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, concluding the blaze began at a ground-floor flower shop, spread through air-conditioning ducts, and caused 79 deaths, most on the mezzanine floor.