Pakistani shopping mall blaze kills at least 10 people and injures more than 20
Pakistani police say a blaze has killed at least 10 people in a shopping mall
ByThe Associated Press
November 25, 2023, 4:45 AM
KARACHI, Pakistan — A fire tore through a shopping mall in the southwestern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 20 others, police and local officials said Saturday.
The multi-story RJ Mall is in a commercial high-rise that also houses call centers and software firms.
Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the fire had been extinguished and a cooling process was underway.
The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.
Karachi is the capital of southern Sindh province, where such incidents are common. Earlier this year in April, a fire tore through a garment factory killing four firefighters. The flames ripped through the building, eventually causing it to collapse.
In August 2021, at least 10 people were killed in a fire at a chemical factory in the same city. In the deadliest such incident, 260 people were killed after being trapped inside a garment factory when a fire broke out.
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