Approximate location of the factory | |
Date | 4 November 2015 |
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Location | Sundar Industrial Estate near Lahore, Pakistan [1] |
Coordinates | 31°17′00″N 74°11′10″E / 31.2834°N 74.1860°E |
Type | factory collapse |
Cause | possibly caused by construction [2] or earthquake damage [3] |
Deaths | 45 [3] [4] |
Non-fatal injuries | 100+ [3] |
Missing | about 150 [2] |
Property damage | factory destroyed [2] |
The 2015 Lahore factory disaster resulted when a shopping bag factory located at Sundar Industrial Estate [1] near Lahore, Pakistan collapsed [5] [6] [2] on 4 November 2015, killing at least 45 people [3] and trapping about 150. [2] The recovery was led by the Board of Management Sundar Industrial Estate with support from the Pakistan Army, Rescue 1122 and Bahria Town Rescue Team.
A large rescue operation included a team of army engineers and urban search-and-rescue personnel. [2] [3] Messages had been received via mobile phones from people trapped in the rubble. [2] The challenge of getting heavy machinery to the site of the collapse hampered the rescue effort, according to an official as of 4 November . [3]
The disaster has had a seminal effect on the operation and management of all industrial estates and their bylaws.