Death toll from factory fire in Karachi reaches 214
20:14, 12 September 2012
ISLAMABAD. September 12. KAZINFORM The death toll of a fire that broke out in a garments factory in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday evening has reached 214, said hospital sources Wednesday afternoon, according to Xinhua.
Hospital sources told local media that 80 bodies were at Civil Hospital, 70 at Abbasi Hospital and 64 at Jinnah Hospital. Many of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition, they said, adding that 26 out of the 60 bodies identified have been handed over to their family members.
Hospital sources added that there were so many bodies sent to hospitals and there is no enough space for them at the mortuaries.
Earlier, Karachi Commissioner Roshan Ali Sheikh confirmed 166 deaths in the fire. This is the first official figure announced by the Karachi government about the casualties of the fire since it broke out at about 6:00 p.m. local time Tuesday in a four-storeyed concrete factory building in the western part of the city.
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