Overview
- Firefighting teams declared the main blaze out after roughly 33 hours, with cooling and limited search efforts continuing in the unstable structure.
- Authorities now report at least 26 fatalities, more than two dozen injuries, and 59–65 people listed as missing as identification and tracing proceed.
- Large sections of the multi‑storey complex collapsed, forcing responders to limit entry points and work cautiously due to the risk of further failure.
- Sindh’s chief minister ordered a commissioner‑led investigation and relief committees and announced Rs10 million for each victim’s family, with disbursements set to begin.
- Trader groups estimate stock losses exceeding Rs3 billion, the city is considering temporary relocation for affected shopkeepers, and firefighter Furqan Ali was confirmed among the dead.