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Factory fire kills 166 in Pakistan
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September 12, 2012, Wednesday
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A total of 166 people have been confirmed dead in a garments factory fire that broke out in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi last night, Roshan Ali Sheikh, Commissioner of Karachi, said today.
This is the first official figure announced by the Karachi government about the casualties of the fire since it broke out at about 6pm local time yesterday at a four-storeyed concrete factory building in the western part of the city.
Roshan Ali Sheikh said that the mass casualties of the fire happened due to the closure of the emergency exits by the factory' s owner.
Hospital sources said that many of the victims died because of suffocation.
Karachi's chief fire officer announce at about 11:30am local time, the fire had been put out. The announcement came nearly eleven and half hours after the fire was reported.
Lack of enough water available at the fire site and fire fighting equipment such as snorkels and oxygen masks have seriously affected the rescue work.
Rescue workers said a dozen of bodies of the workers have been found lying in the basement and on the first floor of the building. However, it will take them another three to four hours to recover
This is the first official figure announced by the Karachi government about the casualties of the fire since it broke out at about 6pm local time yesterday at a four-storeyed concrete factory building in the western part of the city.
Roshan Ali Sheikh said that the mass casualties of the fire happened due to the closure of the emergency exits by the factory' s owner.
Hospital sources said that many of the victims died because of suffocation.
Karachi's chief fire officer announce at about 11:30am local time, the fire had been put out. The announcement came nearly eleven and half hours after the fire was reported.
Lack of enough water available at the fire site and fire fighting equipment such as snorkels and oxygen masks have seriously affected the rescue work.
Rescue workers said a dozen of bodies of the workers have been found lying in the basement and on the first floor of the building. However, it will take them another three to four hours to recover
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