KARACHI: The federal government was purchasing 50 new fire tenders for the metropolis which would be given to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) by January 2021, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail said on Thursday.

The governor said this while meeting the victims of the Hijrat Colony incident in which four people were burnt to death after a fire broke out last month.

Governor Ismail said “The arrival of 50 new fire tenders would improve the city’s firefighting strength to prevent such deadly incidents.”

He said the government would arrange rented accommodation for the people who had become homeless due to the Hijrat Colony fire incident and the government would also pay the rent of the temporary accommodation for one year.