A massive fire broke out at the Centaurus Mall in Pakistan’s Islamabad earlier today. The visuals of the incident are rapidly going viral on social video. The fire broke out on the mall’s third floor and is spreading rapidly across the floor.
The upper section of the building has residential apartments fortunately no casualties have been reported as of yet. The fire brigade rushed to the site to contain the spread and carried away the evacuation causing intense panic among the residents and others present on the site.
As per reports the delayed arrival of the rescue team intensified the massive flames and reached the other floors of the mall. Sources associated with the incident revealed that the fire broke out at the Monal restaurant adding that the entire food court has now been engulfed in flames.
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The evacuation process is currently underway and a large number of people have already been moved out of the building as glass around the ceilings as well as other items have started falling down due to the intense heat.
Islamabad District Commissioner said all the agencies including Naval firefighters have been deployed on duty to bring the situation under control. However, what caused the fire to break out is yet to be revealed.