Two Years on from the Baldia Town Disaster

November 18, 2014 10:19 PM

9/11/2012 saw the deadliest factory fire in history, in Baldia Town, Karachi. In Quiet Burns the Fire, Karachi-based Herald's Danyal Adam Khan investigates the follow up to the fire. (Previously on Metafilter)
posted by bardophile (3 comments total)

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posted by dragonsi55 at 4:50 AM on November 19, 2014 [1 favorite]

Thanks for posting.
posted by josher71 at 6:28 AM on November 19, 2014

I would have sworn that the Bangladeshi fires were worse, so it's educational (I won't say 'good') to learn more about this fire. Everything about it is sad or infuriating and not likely to become any less sad or infuriating over time, as the article carefully lays out.

Thanks, bardophile.
posted by librarylis at 11:50 AM on November 19, 2014