ISLAMABAD: A fire broke out in the Kitchen of Monal Food Point at the third floor of Centaurus Mall on Sunday afternoon.
According to the TV Channel reports, six fire tenders are busy to extinguish the blaze that is reportedly spreading to other floors of the mall.
The District Administration and other relevant authorities have reached the scene and were monitoring the situation.
The mall’s administration acted quickly to evacuate customers present inside the mall as fire tenders from the city’s fire service rushed to the spot along with fire tenders from other organizations.
Images and videos from inside the mall showed large number of people trying to escape the inferno and smoke in the building.
From the outside, the building seemed to be engulfed in flames and smoke.
The Islamabad deputy commissioner and the chief commissioner had also rushed to the location.
The fire is said to have broken out near the food court in the mall at a time when a lot of people are visiting the air-conditioned facility to get away from the late afternoon heat and before they can venture to the city’s many parks.
