At least five people were killed in a chemical factory in Karachi’s Bhains Colony (jumma Goth) on Monday, South Punjab News.com reported.
All five died due to suffocation while trying to clean a chemical tank
Dead bodies of the victims were shifted to Jinnah Hospital, Karachi.
On 28 August 2021, As many as 17 factory workers brunt to death and a rescue volunteer sustained injuries after a massive fire erupted inside a ‘highly flammable’ chemical factory in Mehran Town, in the jurisdictions of Korangi Industrial Area (KIA) Police Station, here on Friday, the police and rescue officials said. As per the fire brigade officials, the exit door to the roof was locked that hindered rescue operations and the building had no adequate fire safety measures. The blaze erupted on the first floor of the three-storey building.
Following the incident police, paramilitary rangers and fire-brigade teams reached the site and began rescue operations.
Bodies of the most of ill-fated victims were shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for medico-legal formalities. A rescue volunteer, identified as Saddam, 30, also sustained injuries while trying to extinguish the fire.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Governor Imran Ismail took notice of the incident. Murad has directed the Karachi commissioner and the labour department to furnish a report. “How did the incident occur and what safety precautions were being taken,” he questioned.