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Incident Report and Investigation Summary

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Pakistani Fire Incident Report
TIME AND LOCATION
Incident / Accident Date Time Location
September 12, 2012 Morning hours Textile factory in Karachi, Pakistan
PERSONS INJURED
Name Age Extent of Injury
N/A – Over 300 factory workers MiIDle age Fractures, Smoke Poisoning, Severe, and 3rd Degree Burns
PROPERTY DAMAGED
Owner Estimated Damage $
Abdul Aziz $10 million
Property Description Damage Description
A three floors building hosting a large textile factory The inferno brought down the whole factory building destroying raw materials and finished textile products. The blaze rendered most of the expensive textile manufacturing machines useless.
DESCRIPTION OF ACCIDENT WITNESSES
The factory was operational at the time with over 300 workers when a loud blast caused commotion within the factory. What followed was a cloud of smoke and since management closed all the entire exit route system, all the workers except one survivor succumbed to third degree burns and carbon poisoning as the fire extinguishers and first aid crew were unable to put out the fire in time. Only one person, Muhammad Aslam, survived with minor fractures after jumping out of the third floor window. He told his side of the tragic story from a hospital bed
NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE CLAIM
The survivor hinted through the phone that he might consider suing the factory for damages and subjecting him to unhealthy and unsafe working conditions. He said he would engage his lawyers in seeking compensation from the company.
REPORTED BY
Agency: The New York Times Reporting Crew (Ur-Rehman,Walsh and Masood, 2012)
Institution / Bureau: The New York Times
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Investigation Summary
In the mid-morning of Wednesday 12 September 2012, an unprecedented inferno broke out at one of the leading textile factories in Karachi, Pakistan. Credible reports indicate that operations and practices in the privately owned factory were contrary to the acceptable factory safety and occupational standards. Due to negligence and poor coordination, the factory lost over 300 workers to the fire, most of whom were men aged below 35 years (Ur-Rehman, Walsh & Masood, 2012).
This latest development came amid a spate of unexplainable infernos in the recent past in Pakistan. Several human rights watchdogs criticized the increasing incidences of negligence that were costing the country many capable citizens. Although internal reports cited external wrangles with gamblers led to the event, several parties had since moved to court to demand the rights of the victims. This was because at the material day of tragedy, the entire fire exit system except one inaccessible route, were in usable conditions, a factor that could have led to the high death toll (Ur-Rehman, Walsh & Masood, 2012).
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References
Ur-Rehman, Z., Walsh, D., & Masood, S. (2012, September 13). More Than 300 Killed in Pakistani Factory Fires. The New York Times, p. A6.