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PBS NewsHour | News Wrap: Factory Fires in Pakistan Claim Hundreds of Lives | PBS

Duration: 02:10
Program: PBS NewsHour #10453
Broadcast Date: Sep. 12, 2012

In other news Wednesday, two fires at factories in Pakistan claimed the lives of more that 300 workers. The buildings, one a garment factory in Karachi and the other a shoe factory in Lahore, had no emergency exits or basic safety equipment, and all but one door were locked.

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Post Date: September 12, 2012