Employee injured in restaurant fire in Malir

An employee of a restaurant suffered burns in a fire at the eatery in Model Colony on Friday. According to a fire brigade spokesperson, responding to information, two fire tenders were sent to put out the blaze at the restaurant located on Liaquat Ali Khan Road.

After a while, the firefighters managed to put out the blaze, which, according to an initialpolice inquiry, had apparently broken out due to a gas cylinder explosion. A restaurant employee, identified as 25-year-old Faizan, son of Rizwan, suffered burns and was taken to a private hospital, where his condition was said to be out of danger.