Over 30 shops gutted as fire rips through furniture market in Karachi's Gulistan-i-Johar

KARACHI: Over 30 shops were destroyed when a blaze erupted at a furniture market in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar in the early hours of Friday. No injuries were reported, according to police and rescue services officials and the fire was later brought under control. Rescue 1122 spokesperson Hassaan Ul Haseeb Khan said the fire erupted in a furniture market near Kamran Chowrangi. It spread rapidly due to the presence of wooden goods, engulfing the whole market, he said, adding that it also spread to nearby residential areas and even engulfed a house. “The residents had already evacuated to safer…