Factory fires broke out today in two major Pakistan cities and killed 45 people and injured dozens. Many even had to break though windows and jump for the building in order to escape the flames. The shoe factory DID NOT have clear exits so it is one of the major reasons that many got trapped inside, there was no way out of the flame and smoke invested shoe factory.
Through out many Pakistan towns and cities have safety issues such as these or issues even worse. With no sprinkles or alarms or enforcement of safety more than 3 dozen people injured and dozens more were hurt in this fire. The fire burned through the 4 story building killing many by burning and suffocation.
The building was even illegally set up in a residential part of the city.
The reason so many died was the main escape route was where the fire had started and there was no escape besides jumping out
The second fire took place at a garment factory killing 20 people but more than 40 others were injured in the fire. One was even a 27 year old pregnant woman who had jumped out of the window of the factory.
One of the reasons so many died and were injured in the fires were the windows had bars in front of them and many could not make it through the
The safety issues in pakistan are not enforced which leads to such events that should not ever happen again.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pakistani-police-officer-says-21-people-killed-in-lahore-when-fire-rips-through-shoe-factory/2012/09/11/3f436ed0-fc1d-11e1-98c6-ec0a0a93f8eb_story.html
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