KARACHI: The death toll from the collapse of a five-storey Karachi residential building in Lyari Baghdadi area has climbed to 26, with rescue teams recovering more bodies from the rubble, according to rescue officials.
In a tragic update from Karachi’s Lyari area, rescue teams have removed 95% of the debris from the collapsed residential building in the Baghdadi.
In charge of Rescue 1122 South apprised that one more body has been located under the rubble, believed to be that of a young man. Efforts are underway to retrieve it with extreme caution.
Local residents believe this imay be the final body trapped beneath the debris of Karachi building collapse, though authorities have received a separate report about a missing rickshaw driver.
He added that once the young man’s body is recovered, clearing of the remaining rubble will resume, which may provide clarity on the missing rickshaw driver’s whereabouts.
Karachi six-storey residential building collapsed on the morning of July 4, 2025. Miraculously, a three-month-old infant was pulled alive from the rubble.
The collapsed building, constructed in 1974, had been declared dangerous by the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) three years ago, with multiple notices issued to residents to vacate the premises.
