US EditionHotel fire in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore leaves 3 dead, 8 others injured
Three people died and eight were injured in a Lahore hotel fire that led to the evacuation of 180 guests and staff, with fire officers probing a possible gas leak cause.
- On Saturday, a basement fire at the Indigo Hotel in Lahore killed three people and injured eight others, officials said in the Gulberg neighborhood.
- Fire officers are investigating whether a gas leak caused the blaze, and authorities said the cause is under investigation rather than confirmed.
- Emergency crews from the Punjab Emergency Services evacuated about 180 guests and staff and completed the search-and-rescue operation after extinguishing the fire.
- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif wrote on X that she is personally monitoring the situation in the Gulberg neighborhood, Lahore.
- The incident follows a shopping mall fire in Karachi last week that killed 71 people, with the Lahore hotel blaze coming days after the much deadlier Karachi shopping mall fire.
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Pak: At least three killed in Gulberg hotel fire in Lahore - The Tribune
At least three people were killed in a fire at a hotel in Lahore's Gulberg area. Officials said the blaze began in a basement boiler, prompting a difficult rescue operation. The Punjab government announced stricter safety checks following the incident.
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