KARACHI: Customs House building catches suspect fire due to which important records turned into ashes within minutes.
According to the source, the suspect fire that engulf at the second floor of the Customs House building has caused a huge loss as several import and files are said to be turned in to ashes here on Monday after noon.
The source has further stated that the Cheif Collector Customs has taken the notice of the suspect fire and has asked the concern authority to constitute a committee of three members to probe how the important record has been gutted.
The fire that broke out on Monday in Customs House was extenguished due to the quick response by the guards present in the building. It took twenty minutes to extenguished the fire but it was too late as important record has been destroyed.
The Cheif Collector Customs has also shows serious concern over the suspect fire as due to the ghezzeted holiday of Kashmir Day, all the activities at the Customs House were on hold and the departments was closed, source added.
After extenguishing the fire the record room has been sealed and the files as well as important documents are left untouched because the investigation has been ordered by the higher authority to dig out the reality.
A high level meeting has also been called on the same issue which will be chaired by the Cheif Collector Customs, said the source.
