Pakistan chemical factory fire kills more than a dozen workers

The fire broke out inside a chemical factory in Mehran Town, a congested Karachi neighbourhood.

A fire has engulfed a chemical factory in Pakistan’s Karachi city, killing at least 15 workers, officials say. The fire broke out inside the factory in Mehran Town, a congested Karachi neighbourhood, rescue official Mobeen Ahmed said on Friday. At least 15 bodies have been retrieved from the rubble of a building that partially collapsed, but a rescue operation is still under way, Ahmed said.