Employees of Medlar Apparels Limited were honored recently by the owners and the VF Corporation for putting out a fire on their own. In June an electric short circuit sparked a fire in the factory, as soon as the workers saw the fire, they used the firefighting equipment at the factory to extinguish it within 15 minutes. Before the fire service arrived they had put out the fire; 130 workers took part in this. In an appreciation programme in the factory, ED of the company Irtiza Zulfiqar Arif thanked all the workers and said that safety has always been the prime focus for the company and that it is training the workers to fight fire in case of emergencies out of which already 2,500 have taken training. VFC Country Manager Dunham Grey handed out the gifts. VFC sources apparels from the company for its Wrangler brand.
