You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

More than 300 Die in Pakistan Factory Fires

HeadlineSep 13, 2012

More than 300 people have died in a pair of factory fires in Pakistan after workers were trapped inside and unable to escape. The deadliest of the fires occurred in Karachi, where around 250 died at a garment factory. The factory lacked emergency exits and basic safety equipment including alarms and sprinklers. It was one of the deadliest industrial accidents in Pakistan’s history.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top