At Least 11 Die in Pakistan Hotel Fire, 75 Injured

A fire at a luxury hotel in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi has killed 11 people. Officials say the fire erupted in the Regent Plaza Hotel's ground-floor kitchen Monday. Local media say 75 people were injured in the blaze. Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar said the cause of the fire could not be immediately determined. Television footage of the fire showed guests at the hotel using bedsheets to climb down from windows. A survivor told a local TV station that guests...

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