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246 Dead in Karachi Factory Fire

Followed a deadly fire in Lahore, Pakistan

Reason Staff | 9.12.2012 8:00 AM

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At least 246 people are now known to have died in a fire at a garment factory in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, officials say.

Many others were injured in the blaze. It began on Tuesday night, hours after a factory fire killed 23 in Lahore.

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