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Baldia Town factory owner alleges fire brigade arrived late
LARKANA: Arshad Bhaila, one of the owners of the factory, which became an infernal deathtrap for its hundreds of workers Friday bewailed the loss of precious lives, Geo News reported.
Talking to Geo News, after a court here granted him and other owners of the factory protective bail for eight days, Arshad claimed the fire first broke out in the warehouse and he himself called the fire brigade, which arrived about an hour and a half late.
Not only the firemen were late but they were also reluctant in extinguishing the fire blazing in the storage area and the main entrance, he alleged.
Arshad disclosed that, on that tragic day, he and his brother Shahid stayed put in the burning factory till midnight and did not leave until “someone” warned them to get out of there.
He however refused to disclose who that mysterious “person” was.
“I know that person very well but my tongue is tied”.
To a question he said that they got themselves bailed to share the grief of their deceased workers families.
"My workers were like my own flesh and blood", Rashid said.
Arshad vowed to compensate for the victims according to industry and labour laws.
Courtesy www.geo.tv