Two days after the horrible fire incident in Dadu, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah admitted on Thursday that the response to the village fire was “very slow”.
He vowed to probe the matter to ascertain the culprits and punish them.
Nine children were burnt to death and more than 20 other men and women suffered severe burns when a fire gutted Faiz Mohammad Daryani Chandio village on Wednesday night.
The blaze reduced all 50 village homes and everything around them to ashes.
As per initial estimates, around 150 buffaloes, cows, goats and other animals had also perished in the fire.
CM CM while addressing media persons in the federal capital said the fire tenders had to be mobilized from other areas due to unavailability of the machinery at the closest municipality.
“I admit that the response was very slow and whoever is responsible [will be punished]. Our job is to provide immediate relief to people.”
The chief minister said the deputy commissioner and the local administration provided food to the affected people while the Provincial Disaster Management Authority was providing relief to the affectees.