100 killed in Karachi garment factory fire

September 12, 2012 11:55

Nearly 100 people have been killed and 50 others injured, some of them who jumped out of windows to save their lives, in a deadly fire in a three-storey garment factory in Pakistan's financial hub Karachi.

The fire broke out on the second floor of the building in the Baldia town area of the city last evening. Around 35 fire tenders with dozens of firefighters were still trying to control the blaze till the filing of this report.

"The fire has been brought under control to a large extent but there are more people trapped inside the building right now particularly in the basement and we fear the building might also collapse eventually due to the damage caused by the fire," chief fire officer Ehtishamuddin said.

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