A First Information Report registered in the case of a chemical factory which caught fire on Friday has revealed details of the gruesome working conditions for the labourers. The fire brigade spokesperson had declared the blaze a “third-degree” fire because of the toxic chemical inside the factory. The fire broke out at a multi-storey chemical factory in eastern part of the city, and most windows of the factory were blocked, police and fire officials said. Many factory workers died after being trapped on the second floor in the fire, which broke out on the ground floor of the three-storey factory. Over 260 workers were burnt alive when a multi-storey garment factory was set on fire in September 2012 in what became the deadliest industrial blaze in Pakistan’s history.

Source: Pakistan Today August 28, 2021 13:18 UTC