At least 11 killed in hotel blaze in Pakistan

The blast softened out up a ground floor kitchen of the Official Court Lodging and caught visitors in upper floors, the English-dialect Day break daily paper reported.

The Lodging has more than 400 rooms.

Video footage demonstrated some lodging visitors utilizing an anchor of bed sheets to descend from windows of top floors as smoke filled the inn

Karachi Chairman Waseem Akhtar told journalists the reason for the fire was not clear.

Numerous Pakistani structures have careless wellbeing and security principles, while the city's firefighters are regularly furnished with poor and deficient gear.

A Reuters cameraman said the fire had been contained by 9:30 am.

First light reported no less than 65 individuals were harmed, refering to a senior specialist at the city's greatest healing center.

It is not clear if any of the casualties were outside travelers.