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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Over 300 dead by two fires in Pakistan

Totaling more than 300 victims by two fires in two factories in the Pakistani cities of Karachi in the south and Lahore in the northeast. Most of the tragedies took place in the town of Baldia, Karachi, where 289 people were burned to death or suffocated by smoke when on Tuesday night a garment factory was burnt down in the time a thousand employees had gone to collect their salaries. Several workers were able to save their lives because they jumped from the windows of the building. According to local authorities, the morgues were overwhelmed by the number of bodies received, many of them burned beyond recognition. 's private Geo TV News reported that the dead and wounded A large number of women and children, in what constitutes one of the worst incidents occurring in the country in recent times. According to initial investigations, the death toll was higher because the owner of the facility, currently under arrest , was ordered closed emergency exits because as a payday, feared a robbery. Experts also commented that the building had multiple construction deficiencies. itself On the afternoon of Tuesday, a fire consumed a shoe sole factory in Lahore and killed at least 25 of the 45 workers who were there at the time. Among the deceased include industry owner and his son. Due to the inaccessibility of the industry, firefighters had to enter through the windows and walls piercing to smother the flames and rescue those trapped inside. initial investigations point to an explosion in an electrical generator as the cause of the fire. However, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told media that the Federal Bureau of Investigation took both their hands to determine any probable links with terrorism.

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