3 girls die in Karachi fire

ISLAMABAD—Three minor girls were killed and their mother wounded when a fire erupted in a shantytown in Soharab Goth area of Karachi on Wednesday. According to fire brigade, a fire broke out suddenly in shantytown in Jahan Gul Town in Sohrab Goth area on Wednesday morning, private TV channel Geo reported. Ten huts were gutted whereas fire brigade saved rest. The fire killed Zarina, Fazeela and Ajiza aged between three to ten years. The girls mother was seriously wounded and shifted to Abbasi Shaheed hospital.—Online