43 h. ago 11 dead, over 60 missing after Pakistan shopping centre fire smoulders for 24 hours

Firefighters in Karachi began searching on Monday for more than 60 missing people after a massive fire destroyed a shopping centre in Pakistan’s most populous city, while the death toll from the disaster rose to 11. The fire started late on Saturday at the sprawling, multi-storey Gul Plaza in the city’s business district and burned for more than a day, hampering rescue efforts in the densely packed area. After more than 24 hours of firefighting, crews moved to cooling and debris clearing on...

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43 h. ago 14 dead, over 60 missing after Pakistan shopping centre fire smoulders for 24 hours

Pakistani firefighters began searching the smouldering remains of a sprawling Karachi shopping centre on Monday for more than 60 people still missing after a massive fire. Police chief Javed Alam Odho confirmed 14 people have been killed, warning that as rescue operations continue, the casualty count may rise. The fire started late on Saturday at Gul Plaza, which houses 1,200 shops in a multi-storey complex spread across an area larger than a football field in Karachi’s historic centre. Videos...

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43 h. ago 19 dead, over 60 missing after Pakistan shopping centre fire smoulders for 24 hours

Pakistani firefighters began pulling bodies from the smouldering remains of a sprawling Karachi shopping centre on Monday where more than 60 people were still missing after a massive fire that killed at least 19 people. The fire started late on Saturday at Gul Plaza, which houses 1,200 shops in a multi-storey complex spread across an area larger than a football field. The blaze in Karachi’s historic centre raged for more than 24 hours before it was mostly extinguished. Videos showed fierce...

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43 h. ago 23 dead, over 60 missing after Pakistan shopping centre fire smoulders for 24 hours

Pakistani firefighters began pulling bodies from the smouldering remains of a sprawling Karachi shopping centre on Monday where more than 60 people were still missing after a massive fire that killed at least 23 people. The fire started late on Saturday at Gul Plaza, which houses 1,200 shops in a multi-storey complex spread across an area larger than a football field. The blaze in Karachi’s historic centre raged for more than 24 hours before it was mostly extinguished. Videos showed fierce...

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49 h. ago Explosion at Chinese Steel Plant Leaves Two Dead, Eight Missing

Explosion at Chinese Steel Plant Leaves Two Dead, Eight Missing  Bloomberg.com

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1 week ago 1 dead, 38 missing in Philippines landfill collapse after garbage avalanche

An avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings at a landfill in the Philippines, killing one person, injuring a dozen and leaving 38 others missing, officials said on Friday. Dozens of rescuers retrieved 13 people alive overnight and were searching for the missing still trapped after the mountain of garbage, earth and debris collapsed on them on Thursday afternoon in the village of Binaliw in Cebu City, officials and police said. Landfill workers were among...

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3 w. ago Hong Kong police hunt man after missing woman, 35, found dead

Hong Kong police are searching for a man in connection with the death of a 35-year-old woman who had previously been reported missing and was later found dead. Officers discovered the woman’s body while investigating the missing person case, and were now tracking down a male suspect, a source told the Post. The source said the suspect and victim were lovers. On Tuesday night, a large number of officers were deployed to Lok Wah South Estate, a public housing development in Kwun Tong. The role of...

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3 w. ago Hong Kong police hunt man after body of missing woman, 35, found under bed

Hong Kong police are searching for a man in connection with the death of a 35‑year‑old woman who had been reported missing and whose body was later found hidden under a bed in his Kwun Tong flat, where the carcasses of four pets were also discovered. Police said they received a call on Monday night from the woman’s mother, who reported that her daughter had failed to return home after leaving their flat in Sau Mau Ping. Given the woman had previously attempted suicide, officers treated the case...

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