Pakistan factory fires kill 85
Source: AP
Factory fires have broken out in two major cities in Pakistan, killing 85 people and injuring dozens more, including some who had to break through barred windows and leap to the ground to escape the flames.
Workers recounted how their colleagues were trapped behind blocked exits, and firefighters said that one reason why the blazes were so deadly is that the buildings a shoe factory in the eastern city of Lahore and a garment factory in the southern port of Karachi lacked clear escape routes.
Such safety issues are common throughout Pakistan, where buildings also lack emergency equipment like alarms and sprinklers and municipal rules are rarely enforced.
The most deadly blaze came in Karachi, the country's economic heart. The head of the emergency department at the Civil Hospital in Karachi, Tariq Kamal Ayubi, said 60 bodies had been taken to the hospital so far.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/12/pakistan-factory-fires-karachi
muriel_volestrangler
(101,294 posts)In Karachi, the building was still smouldering early on Wednesday as rescuers searched for more bodies.
"We have so far recovered 166 bodies," Karachi's Commissioner Roshan Shaikh told AFP news agency.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19566851
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)may they rest in peace and their families find comfort and support
BadGimp
(4,012 posts)Welcome to the future of GOP dominated life fo workers here and abroad...
How horrible for the victims and their families
Prayers...
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)multiple family members dead... many parallels to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. According to the PBS News Hour, the death toll is now over 270. Tragic.
jmowreader
(50,543 posts)Yes. Very tragic.