Case 1: When smoke suffocated Eid festivities
Several families in Crystal Building were gearing up to celebrate Eid; they didn't know then that it was soon going to turn dark, literally. It was a harrowing Wednesday morning for residents of the 10th and 11th floors after the fire broke out. While the men had gone to the mosque for namaaz, the women and children were at home.

Azmat Shaikh, a resident on the 11th floor, said, "I had gone for namaaz with my father when we received a panic call informing us about the fire. We rushed back, but there was no way we could make our way up, and neither could our family members come down. I saw a couple of men trying to go upstairs in the lift; I advised them to not. "There was nothing else to be done but ask our families to make their way to the balcony until help arrived."