11 killed, 30 injured in Pakistan hotel fire

At least 11 people, including three women, were killed and 30 others injured on Monday in Pakistan when a huge fire erupted at a four-star hotel here, rescue officials said.

The blaze broke out in the kitchen located at the ground floor of the Regent Plaza hotel at the city’s Shahrah-i- Faisal and spread across the six-floor building, trapping nearly 100 hotel guests in their rooms.

Three fire tenders of the fire brigade reached the site and started an operation to rescue the guests. The firefighters were able to contain the fire after three hours, with 11 people having been killed, said Faisal Edhi of the Edhi Foundation.