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Two factory fires kill more than 300 in Pakistan
Updated On: 13 September, 2012 07:36 AM IST | | Agencies
The death toll from a pair of devastating factory fires that broke out in Pakistan's two biggest cities rose to 314 people on Wednesday, many of whom perished because they were unable to escape buildings that lacked emergency exits and basic safety equipment such as alarms and sprinklers.
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The more deadly of the two blazes that broke out on Tuesday night was at a garment factory in the southern city of Karachi. The death toll from the fire rose to 289 people on Wednesday, as firefighters continued to battle the blaze, said Tariq Kaleem, a doctor at Civil Hospital in Karachi.
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