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2026 Gul Plaza Shopping Mall fire

17 January 2026 · 80 lives lost

Photo: Dr Muhammad Ashraf Asif Jalali, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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What happened

On 17 January 2026, a fire at the Gul Plaza shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistan, killed 80 people and injured over 20. The fire started after an unattended child accidentally set some artificial flowers alight with a matchstick in a shop on the ground floor. The fire spread rapidly through an air-conditioning duct to the rest of the building. The shopping mall lacked fire extinguishers or emergency exit lights, and many of the exits were locked.

A city-wide emergency was declared shortly after the fire broke out. Firefighters lacked the rescue equipment needed to conduct a rescue operation, such as gas masks or lock cutters, and responded slowly. The boiling water used to extinguish the fire also severely scalded some victims.

At the request of the Sindh government, the Sindh High Court appointed Justice Agha Faisal to lead a single-member inquiry into the fire.

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I was nearby when it happened. I still hear the sirens. Thinking of every family tonight.

Carolyn Campbell
12 Jul 2026

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My cousin's neighbour was there. It's hard to describe how a whole community carries something like this.

David Shaw
21 Mar 2026

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So many lives, so much love, gone in a moment. We remember every one of them.

Harry Murphy
25 Feb 2026

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Lighting a candle from the States for everyone who didn't come home.

Rolf Frank
3 Feb 2026

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Thinking of the children who lost parents that day. If you're reading this, you are not alone.

Hoa Wang
29 Jan 2026

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To the first responders who ran towards it while everyone else ran away: thank you.

Greta Kaiser
25 Jan 2026

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We should never let this be forgotten, and never let it happen again.

Dale Hicks
25 Jan 2026

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I keep thinking about the families who got a phone call that day. Holding all of you in my thoughts.

Chloe Powell
25 Jan 2026

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Sending love from Canada. The whole world grieved with you.

Isaiah Simmons
19 Jan 2026

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No words are enough. Rest in peace to all who were lost, and strength to those left behind.

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