Pakistan factory collapse ‘kills 10’ with many trapped

Pakistan factory collapse ‘kills 10’ with many trapped At least 10 people have been killed in the Pakistani city of Lahore after a factory under construction collapsed, officials say. Emergency services are worried that as many as 100 workers could be trapped under the rubble. A major rescue operation is now under way. Cries for […]

Pakistan factory collapse ‘kills 10’ with many trapped

At least 10 people have been killed in the Pakistani city of Lahore after a factory under construction collapsed, officials say.

Emergency services are worried that as many as 100 workers could be trapped under the rubble. A major rescue operation is now under way.

Cries for help from under the debris at the factory could be heard at the site, officials told The Express Tribune. Two floors were operational while a third was being built.

Rescuers say they have managed to extricate some of those buried under the debris, who have been sent to hospital.

The emergency services say that the relief operation is being made more complicated because they are using heavy machinery which could injure the survivors.