Part of a factory building in Landhi’s Export Processing Zone (EPZ) collapsed due to a fire on Monday, Rescue 1122 said as efforts were underway for hours to extinguish the blaze. “Part of the factory collapsed due to the fire. Rescue 1122 teams are present at the scene and the rescue operation is under way,” the Rescue 1122 spokesperson said in a statement. Screengrab from a video shows a fire engulfing a factory in Karachi’s Landhi area on Sept 7, 2026. — Courtesy of Rescue 1122 The fire had also spread to an adjacent factory, he added. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far. In an earlier statement, Rescue 1122 said a fire and rescue team was immediately dispatched to the site along with a fire brigade truck and an ambulance when its Central Command and Control received the alert. “As soon as the Rescue 1122 Central Command and Control received the information, a fire and rescue team was immediately dispatched to the site along with a fire brigade truck and an ambulance,” Rescue 1122 said in an earlier statement. Screengrab from a video shows a fire engulfing a factory in Karachi’s Landhi area on Sept 7, 2026. — Courtesy of Rescue 1122 Edhi ambulances and volunteers had also reached the site to aid in the rescue operation, the Edhi Foundation said. Earlier this year, a massive fire in a plastic factory at Landhi EPZ had also engulfed several nearby factories.
Part of factory collapses after fire in Karachi's Landhi; efforts continue to put out blaze
Part of a factory building in Landhi’s Export Processing Zone (EPZ) collapsed due to a fire on Monday, Rescue 1122 said as efforts were underway for hours to extinguish the blaze. “Part of the factory collapsed due to the fire. Rescue 1122 teams are present at the scene and the rescue operation is under way,” the Rescue 1122 spokesperson said in a statement. Screengrab from a video shows a fire engulfing a factory in Karachi’s Landhi area on Sept 7, 2026. — Courtesy of Rescue 1122 The fire had also spread to an adjacent factory, he added. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far. In an earlier statement, Rescue 1122 said a fire and rescue team was immediately dispatched to the site along with a fire brigade truck and an ambulance when its Central Command and Control received the alert. “As soon as the Rescue 1122 Central Command and Control received the information, a fire and rescue team was immediately dispatched to the site along with a fire brigade truck and an ambulance,” Rescue 1122 said in an earlier statement. Screengrab from a video shows a fire engulfing a factory in Karachi’s Landhi area on Sept 7, 2026. — Courtesy of Rescue 1122 Edhi ambulances and volunteers had also reached the site to aid in the rescue operation, the Edhi Foundation said. Earlier this year, a massive fire in a plastic factory at Landhi EPZ had also engulfed several nearby factories.