Khi factory fire:Death toll rises to 289

Karachi (Nie) the death toll in the garment factory fire in Baldia has risen to 289, raising new concerns about safety in the workplace, on Wednesday.Commissioner Karachi, Roshan Ali Skeikh while talking to news reporters said factory condition had deteriorated to the point that it could collapse at any moment. Roshan added that the investigation report completed in the accident, which occurred in three days.And taken according to the provincial Health Minister Dr Ahmed Saghir, 80 bodies taken to the Civil Hospital, and 95 to Abbasi hospital and 71 to the hospital wing.Said Abdul Salam, a doctor at the Civil Hospital Karachi, and clothing makers 10 women were among the dead.The badly burned bodies. At least 65 other workers suffered broken bones after jumping from windows to escape the flames, "Fayyad added.The head of the Karachi fire Ehtesham Salem firefighters were searching every corner of the building, despite the limited resources.Called dangerous plant, saying it was built flimsily, lacked emergency exits and placed in the cracks of the walls, which also put rescuers at risk.It was packed like a box with no room left little ventilation. Were not there emergency exits," said Salem."We found people who died from suffocation due to highly toxic smoke, which died first, and then burned their bodies from the fire burning," he said.Slim said and rushed dozens of fire engines to the scene of the tragedy.The fire was extinguished most, but there is raging in some parts because of plastics and chemicals, "he said.Salim said the disaster was Karachi "largest fire in terms of the number of deaths in the contracts."In January 2009, 40 people were killed, more than half of them children, when fire swept through dozens of wooden houses in the poor neighborhood of Karachi Baldia.Elevators and firefighters arrived on the crane through the windows of the building to save some gutted trapped survivors, who were taken to hospital suffering from burns and smoke inhalation.Said Mohammad Salim (32 years old), who suffered a broken leg after jumping from the second floor, he and his colleagues at work was hard on Tuesday evening."It was terrible, and suddenly the entire floor full of fire and smoke and intense heat and so that we rushed toward the windows, broken steel and glass grille and jumped," Slim said."I fell on the ground, and it was very painful, I saw a lot of people jumping from windows and cries of pain to get help," he said.Officials said the cause of the fire is unknown but Rauf Siddiqui, Minister of Industry of the southern province of Sindh and said the owner was being investigated for negligence."I have ordered an investigation into how the fire broke out and why did not provide proper emergency exits in the factory so that the workers managed to escape," said my friend.Commissioned my friend stakeholders in order to reach a report on the incident within 24 hours.