Date | 11 September 2012 |
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Location | |
Cause | Various ignition sources (still under investigation) |
Casualties | |
Karachi: 289 people killed[1][2] by smoke inhalation, burns and stampede | |
Lahore: 25 people killed[2] by smoke inhalation, burns and stampede |
Factories in Pakistan's two largest cities of Karachi and Lahore caught fire on 11 September 2012. The fires occurred in a textile factory in the western part of Karachi and in a shoe factory in Lahore. The fires are considered to be the most deadly and worst industrial factory fires in Pakistan's history,[3] killing 289 people and seriously injuring more than 600.[4][5][6]