Tragedy Strikes Karachi: 11 Lives Lost in RJ Shopping Mall Fire| Oneindia

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A tragic fire engulfed Karachi's RJ shopping mall, claiming 11 lives and injuring 22. Starting early in the morning on Rashid Minhas Road, the cause remains unknown. Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui confirmed the casualties on social media, stating the fire was extinguished. Survivor accounts revealed the intensity of the smoke, and ongoing efforts focus on bringing potentially trapped individuals to safety. The incident underscores the critical need for robust fire safety measures and emergency preparedness in densely populated urban areas.

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00:00 Well, tragic news coming in from Pakistan. A mall in Karachi, the port city of Pakistan

00:07 had caught fire. 11 people have been confirmed dead as of now. The death toll could rise

00:12 also. More than 50 people are injured. The mayor of Karachi city informed that indeed

00:19 11 people have unfortunately lost their lives. Let's try and locate where is this mall in

00:25 Pakistan. Karachi, the port city here and it is on Rashid Minhas Road, the main road

00:31 that connects Karachi to other parts of the Pakistan of the country as well. There you

00:37 see RG mall here. This is the foyer, the front part of the RG mall in Karachi. Looks like

00:45 obviously there is a cineplex also. It shows that a movie theatre is also there and needless

00:52 to say being a Saturday, a weekend, the footfall in the mall must have been crazy. What we

01:00 have learnt as of now that the fire has been doused and the cooling period is going on

01:04 which means that the fire tenders have managed to douse the fire but now whatever is either

01:11 the embers are there or people who are stuck are being taken out as of now. For Pakistan,

01:16 a fire in a mall at this time, although barring the economic losses, whatever they are, the

01:21 lives that are lost, it's unfortunate and secondly, Karachi, one of the metropolitan

01:27 cities of Pakistan, always referred to as port city, one of the most developed cities

01:32 in Pakistan so much so that it gives Islamabad the run for its money. Islamabad being the

01:38 capital city of Pakistan yet this particular incident highlights the very fact of the fire

01:44 resistance, the fire norms whether big buildings, big institutions follow it or not for a mall

01:52 to catch fire. Remember the mall culture in itself is very new and given the fact that

01:56 Pakistan also is following the trend of opening larger malls, bigger malls other than the

02:03 smaller shops so this particular mall also which came into being roughly in 2012-2013

02:10 is relatively new, not even 10 years old so the fire fighting capacity should have been

02:15 at least up to the mark and this particular incident once again, be it in any part of

02:20 the world, needless to say that we need to focus, the world needs to focus a lot when

02:27 it comes to fire safety standards. Our prayers are with the people of Pakistan as of now

02:33 for those lives which have been lost, definitely a sombre moment for the people of Pakistan

02:40 we will be bringing you all the latest as more information trickles in this fire at

02:47 a Karachi mall called RG mall where 11 people so far have been reported to have died.

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Tragedy Strikes Karachi: 11 Lives Lost in RJ Shopping Mall Fire| Oneindia

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