Factory Collapse In Lahore

The death toll from the collapse of a factory in eastern Pakistan rose to 44 today as rescuers said that hopes of recovering more survivors were growing increasingly slim.

Soldiers and rescuers in Lahore were carefully cutting through steel and using cranes to lift the debris of the building in a bid to find people still alive, with survivors telling AFP that many of the workers had been children.

Survivors trapped in the rubble of a collapsed Pakistani factory pleaded for help on their mobile phones today even as rescuers said they feared the death toll of 18 could rise in the latest tragedy to spotlight poor safety standards in south Asia.

At least 16 people were killed and 40 injured when the roof of factory collapsed near the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, officials said, with around a hundred more still trapped.

A rescue official says the death toll from a factory that collapsed in eastern Pakistan has risen to 18. The factory, which manufactured medicine, caved in on Monday in the city of Lahore after several gas cylinders inside exploded.

The death toll from the collapse of a factory in eastern Pakistan rose to 44 today as rescuers said that hopes of recovering more survivors were growing increasingly slim.

Soldiers and rescuers in Lahore were carefully cutting through steel and using cranes to lift the debris of the building in a bid to find people still alive, with survivors telling AFP that many of the workers had been children.

Survivors trapped in the rubble of a collapsed Pakistani factory pleaded for help on their mobile phones today even as rescuers said they feared the death toll of 18 could rise in the latest tragedy to spotlight poor safety standards in south Asia.

At least 16 people were killed and 40 injured when the roof of factory collapsed near the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, officials said, with around a hundred more still trapped.

A rescue official says the death toll from a factory that collapsed in eastern Pakistan has risen to 18. The factory, which manufactured medicine, caved in on Monday in the city of Lahore after several gas cylinders inside exploded.