A fire suddenly broke out at a big shopping center in Rail Bazaar Okara Tuesday night.

The entire shopping center and surrounding shops were engulfed in flames. Valuable goods worth hundreds of thousands of rupees were burnt to ashes.

The shopping centre is located at Gol chowk. Firefighters battled the blaze well into the night.

Deputy Commissioner Irfan Ali Kateha supervised the fire-fighting personnel. The cause is being investigated.