16 killed in chemical factory fire in Pakistan

Desk report: At least 16 people have been killed in a factory fire in the Pakistani city of Mehran. Among the dead were children. Dawn Online quoted police and rescue workers as saying. Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) Additional Police Surgeon. Sumaiya Syed said 16 bodies have been brought to the hospital so far. More bodies are expected to arrive. Police official Shah Jahan said, “We have been informed that 25 people are trapped there.” All of them are presumed dead. A Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) spokesman said the area was cordoned off. We also joined the rescue workers. He said a fire broke out in a chemical factory. However, the fire has been brought under control. Most of the windows of the multi-storey chemical factory were closed, the report said. Television footage showed firefighters putting out the blaze and ambulances carrying the victims. When the ground floor of the building caught fire, people on the second floor were trapped. This increased the number of casualties. Mubin Ahmed, Pakistan’s chief fire officer, said there was only one way out of the factory. The way to the roof was also closed. The rescue operation was severely hampered. It was not possible to evacuate the trapped people in a short time. However, the cause of the fire has not been known yet. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has ordered an inquiry into the incident. Factories have been set up in various residential areas in Karachi, the capital of the province. So that the building construction rules were not followed.