200 cattle burnt in shed fire but Rescue 1122 could not come

Mandi Bahauddin (Sher Gondal) : AT least 200 goats and sheep were burnt alive when the cattle shed caught fire in area of Pahrianwali Police Station of Tehsil Phalia.

According to details, one Alo Zai from Wazirstan and a local, Sheikh Nawab Khan had set up a joint cattle shed at Dera Mandan, temporarily. There were 650 cattle heads impounded in the shed. It was night and winds storm was blowing.

Suddenly fire erupted in the shed that with fast wind rapidly engulfed the whole shed.  People in the vicinity reached and did their best to control and extinguish the fire. Rescue 1122 and local police were also informed but none of them came to rescue.

However on self help basis locals saved about 175 cattle heads. 200 goats and sheep were burnt alive. 160 being in critical condition were slaughtered. 115 received burn wounds that would hopefully heal , the owners said.

People of the area have expressed their deep sympathies with the owners for suffering loss worth millions. They have also urged Punjab government to compensate owners for suffering massive loss, taking the incident as natural calamity.