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10 killed, 22 injured in Pakistani shopping mall blaze

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Relatives comfort each other at a hospital morgue as they mourn the death of a family member who was killed after a fire broke out at a multistory shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistan, on Nov 25, 2023. [Reuters]

A fire tore through a shopping mall in the southwestern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least 10 people and injuring 22 others, police and local officials said Saturday.

The multistory RJ Mall is in a commercial high-rise that also houses call centers and software firms.

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