Karachi: The death toll from a fire at a shopping mall in Pakistan's Karachi has risen to at least 14 and the search for increasingly than 50 missing people continues, equal to Pakistani authorities.
What did the Pakistani validity say?
South deputy inspector unstipulated of police, Syed Asad Raza, told media on Monday that "eight increasingly persons had been recovered since Sunday evening by rescue personnel, taking the death toll from six to 14."
When did the fire unravel out?
On Saturday night, a fire tapped out at the Gil Plaza, a wholesale and retail market that had shops in the basement, mezzanine, and three increasingly floors, and was brought under tenancy by Sunday night, nearly 36 hours later, permitting rescue teams to enter the towers to rescue those trapped inside.
According to authorities, six persons were found immediately without the fire tapped out in the mall.
Is the rescue operation still happening?
Officials said that "six people had died due to suffocation, while dozens of injured were sent to hospitals. However, as the fire spread, rescue teams were unable to go in."
Rescue 1122 Chief Operating Officer (COO) Abid Jalal said, "Once the fire was doused, we didn't wait for the cooling period and forcibly went in to rescue trapped people, and we found eight increasingly bodies, some immensely charred."
"The towers structure has been weakened by the fire, and we are still standing to search for any remaining people considering we could see increasingly structural collapses," Jalal said.
Police and rescue teams are using mobile phone data to trace the 54 to 59 missing people.
Did any official visit the site?
Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori visited the site on Monday and said that “more than 70” people were missing.
“The reports of increasingly than 70 missing persons are extremely viperous and constitute a major tragedy,” said Tessori, subtracting that the incident has now “turned into a national tragedy”.
Initially the Pakistani officials suspected the fire was caused by an electrical short spin in one of the shops, but later they said that the rationalization is yet to be confirmed.
