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81 missing as rescuers comb Gul Plaza ruins in Pakistan
Gulf News
|January 21, 2026
DNA identification underway as inquiry probes exit failures and fire safety lapses
Family members of missing persons weep as they wait near the site of a burnt building of a multi-story shopping plaza following a massive fire in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday.
Firefighters and rescue teams continued to recover bodies from the smouldering remains of Karachi’s Gul Plaza on Monday, as authorities said at least 26 people were killed and 81 remained missing following the city’s deadliest fire in over a decade.
This story is from the January 21, 2026 edition of Gulf News.
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