Sharp rise in fatalities at Karachi’s Gul Plaza Shopping Centre came after 30 bodies were found in a locked store.

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The death toll from a fire at a shopping centre in Karachi has risen to at least 60, after at least 30 bodies were found in a single burned shop, Pakistani officials have said.

Search and recovery operations at Gul Plaza Shopping Centre continued on Thursday, with teams working to locate more than 80 people still missing from Saturday’s devastating blaze in the densely packed commercial complex, officials said.