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LDA plaza blaze death toll reaches 14

Dawn.com Published May 10, 2013
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Rescue 1122 fire-fighters struggle to extinguish the fire that erupted at Lahore’s LDA Plaza.— File Photo by APP

LAHORE: Rescue workers recovered four bodies on Friday from the 13-storey LDA plaza situated on Lahore's Edgerton road after the building caught fire a day earlier, DawnNews reported.

At least 14 people, in total, have died in the tragedy, which started when the plaza caught fire on Thursday at 11:30 AM and quickly intensified.

Earlier today, after hours of fire-fighting efforts, the fire was brought under control by emergency and firefighting teams.

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