Hyderabad: A man sustained partial burns as the apartment where he lived caught fire reportedly from a short circuit in Samanabad town in Bhitai Nagar police station’s limits here on Friday.
An official of Rescue 1122 informed here on Friday that 45 years old Engr Fareed Memon sustained burns on his face and hands.
He added that the fire spread to the flat when Memon was taking a shower in a bathroom.
According to him, after receiving the emergency complaint the fire tenders of Rescue 1122 rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire immediately, preventing it from spreading to other apartments.
The injured person was taken to the burns ward of Liaquat University Hospital.