Non-fatal injuries 2 Date 29 December 2014 Location Lahore, Pakistan Location Lahore | Property damage Shopping market Number of deaths 13 Injuries 2 | |
The 2014 Lahore market fire was a fire that took place on 29 December 2014 in a shopping mall named Khalid Plaza located in Urdu Bazar area of Lahore. The reason was identified to be a short circuit. The fire killed at least 13 people & 2 injured.
The accident
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 flee through a single exit. The most of the 13 killed in the incident died as a result of this suffocation.
References
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