School van catches fire in Karachi; driver, schoolgirl wounded

KARACHI: A school van caught fire in Korangi area of the metropolis on Friday; the van driver and a schoolgirl received minor burns in the incident. 

As per Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Korangi, Ali Raza, the van driver and one minor girl were wounded in the fire incident while other children remained unharmed. However, the school bags of several students were burnt inside the van.

“As soon as the vehicle caught fire, an emergency response was given by the police in the situation,” he said.

It is pertinent to mention here, a day earlier, school van drivers in Karachi announced to go on a strike, once again until acceptance of their demands.

This was the second time that drivers, under the aegis of School and Colleges’ Vans’ Associations, resorted to strike. They first announced to keep their vehicles off the roads on Jan 10 due to government’s crackdown on vehicles using unsafe CNG cylinders.

The association said they won’t offer pick and drop services to children until their demands were accepted.

Crackdown on school vans

It may be noted here that the crackdown on school vans with CNG cylinders began on Jan 7 on the directives of Karachi Traffic Police Chief Javed Ali Mehar who expressed concern about the safety of school children after an incident in the first week of January where a school van in Orangi Town caught fire due to a short circuit.

 

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