2014 Lahore shopping centre fire

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2014 Lahore shopping centre fire
Date29 December 2014 (2014-12-29)
Location Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates 31°34′31.62″N74°18′47.1″E / 31.5754500°N 74.313083°E / 31.5754500; 74.313083
Deaths13
Non-fatal injuries2 [1]
Property damageShopping market

The 2014 Lahore market fire was a fire that broke out on 29 December 2014 in a shopping mall named Khalid Plaza located in Urdu Bazar area of Lahore, Pakistan. The cause was identified as a short circuit. The fire killed at least 13 people, with two injured. [2] [3]

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The fire

A short circuit at a shop sparked a fire in the three-story shopping center at the Anarkali bazaar. The shopping centre had no firefighting equipment and facilities and no emergency exits were available, causing suffocation when people tried to flee through a single exit. Most of the 13 killed in the incident died as a result of this suffocation. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Naqvi, Hassan (29 December 2014). "Fire in Lahore shopping centre leaves 13 dead, 2 injured". The Express Tribune. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 Raja, Adeel (30 December 2014). "Fire at shopping center kills at least 13 in Pakistan". CNN. No. 30 December 2014. CNN. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Associated, Press (30 December 2014). "Fire in Pakistan shopping mall reportedly kills at least 13". No. 30 December 2014. Associated Press . Retrieved 30 December 2014.


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