Islamabad, Jan 19 || The death toll in the Gul Plaza shopping mall fire in Pakistan's Karachi climbed to 14 on Monday after the rescuers found eight more bodies from the site, local media reported.
The search for over 70 missing people is still underway.
The massive fire that erupted at Gul Plaza on Saturday night.
People have slammed the Sindh government and the Karachi Mayor for the delay in the action.
According to a report by the leading Pakistani daily Dawn, the blaze could have been contained sooner; however, delayed response and limited resources from the administration allowed the fire to rage unchecked for hours.
The report further suggests that traders and area residents said that timely action from the nearest fire station, other civic bodies, and local officials could have saved lives and livelihoods, yet the firefighting operation only picked up in full force early Sunday.