Rescue workers clearing Karachi inferno ruins, 57 missing feared dead


Emergency personnel survey the damaged portion of the building, following a massive fire that broke out in the Gul Plaza Shopping Mall in Karachi, Pakistan, January 19, 2026. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

KARACHI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Firefighters ‌were clearing the charred ruins of a Karachi mall on Tuesday as they tried to locate nearly 60 people still ‌missing and feared dead after a fire that burned for nearly two days and killed 27 people.

The Pakistani port city's ‌largest fire in over a decade began late on Saturday and quickly spread through the sprawling Gul Plaza shopping complex, famous for its 1,200 family-owned stores that sold wedding clothes, toys, crockery and much else.

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