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A fire erupted at the LDA plaza situated on Lahore’s Edgerton road killed eight persons, injured and trapped several others inside the building, reported Express News on Thursday. The fire erupted around noon started on the 7th and 8th floor of the building and rapidly engulfed three more floors. A man reportedly fell from the seventh floor of the 13-story building while escaping the fire and died on the spot. Similarly, two others jumped out in hope of escaping but later succumbed to injuries at the hospital. The rescued persons were shifted to Ganga Ram Hospital.

Due to wrongly parked cars outside the plaza, rescue teams faced difficulties in their operation. There was an apparent lack of required machinery for the operation according to Rescue 112 workers. Helicopters were used in the rescue operation to evacuate people from the building.


A man (R) with a pre-election poster of Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer turned politician, watches firefighters trying to put away fire from a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. Fire erupted on the seventh floor of the LDA Plaza in Lahore and quickly spread to higher floors leaving many people trapped inside the building. At least three people fell from the high floors trying to avoid the fire that engulfed the building, local media reports. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A man (R) with a pre-election poster of Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer turned politician, watches firefighters trying to put away fire from a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. Fire erupted on the seventh floor of the LDA Plaza in Lahore and quickly spread to higher floors leaving many people trapped inside the building. At least three people fell from the high floors trying to avoid the fire that engulfed the building, local media reports. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)



Two men wait to be saved from a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. Fire erupted on the seventh floor of the LDA plaza in Lahore and quickly spread to higher floors leaving many people trapped inside the building. At least three people fell from the high floors trying to avoid the fire that engulfed the building, local media reports. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

Two men wait to be saved from a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)




As a fire burns at the Lahore Development Authority Plaza, a man is perched at a window moments before being overcome by fumes and falling out of the window. Rescue work is underway at the site of the fire as helicopters are used to save stranded victims from the roof of the building. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

As a fire burns at the Lahore Development Authority Plaza, a man is perched at a window moments before being overcome by fumes and falling out of the window. Rescue work is underway at the site of the fire as helicopters are used to save stranded victims from the roof of the building. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)




People react as rescue workers try to save people from a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

People react as rescue workers try to save people from a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)



A man sits on the window of a burning building before falling from it, in central Lahore May 9, 2013. Fire erupted on the seventh floor of the LDA plaza in Lahore and quickly spread to higher floors leaving many people trapped inside the building. At least three people fell from the high floors trying to avoid fire that engulfed the building, local media reports. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A man sits on the window of a burning building before falling from it, in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)



A man falls from a high floor of a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. Fire erupted on the seventh floor of the LDA plaza in Lahore and quickly spread to higher floors leaving many people trapped inside the building. At least three people fell from the high floors trying to avoid fire that engulfed the building, local media reports. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A man falls from a high floor of a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)




A man watches as workers attemptto rescue a man trapped on the top floor as a fire burns at the Lahore Development Authority Plaza in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

A man watches as workers attemptto rescue a man trapped on the top floor as a fire burns at the Lahore Development Authority Plaza in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)




The man falls from the fifth floor of the 13-story building. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/Associated Press)

The man falls from the fifth floor of the 13-story building. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/Associated Press)




People react as rescue workers try to save people from a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. Fire erupted on the seventh floor of the LDA plaza in Lahore and quickly spread to higher floors leaving many people trapped inside the building. At least three people fell from the high floors trying to avoid the fire that engulfed the building, local media reports. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

People react as rescue workers try to save people from a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)



A man falls from a high floor of a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. Fire erupted on the seventh floor of the LDA plaza in Lahore and quickly spread to higher floors leaving many people trapped inside the building. At least three people fell from the high floors trying to avoid fire that engulfed the building, local media reports. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A man falls from a high floor of a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)



A man falls from a high floor of a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. Fire erupted on the seventh floor of the LDA plaza in Lahore and quickly spread to higher floors leaving many people trapped inside the building. At least three people fell from the high floors trying to avoid the fire that engulfed the building, local media reports. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A man falls from a high floor of a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)



A man gestures toward a rescue helicopter as it approaches a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. Fire erupted on the seventh floor of the LDA plaza in Lahore and quickly spread to higher floors leaving many people trapped inside the building. At least three people fell from the high floors trying to avoid the fire that engulfed the building, local media reports. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A man gestures toward a rescue helicopter as it approaches a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)



A man is saved by a helicopter from the roof of a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. Fire erupted on the seventh floor of the LDA plaza in Lahore and quickly spread to higher floors leaving many people trapped inside the building. At least three people fell from the high floors trying to avoid the fire that engulfed the building, local media reports. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A man is saved by a helicopter from the roof of a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)




A bystander gestures to a helicopter and points to a man stranded by a fire at the Lahore Development Authority Plaza in Lahore, Pakistan. Helicopters were used to rescue stranded victims from the roof of the building, but at least five people plunged to their deaths from the burning building. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

A bystander gestures to a helicopter and points to a man stranded by a fire at the Lahore Development Authority Plaza in Lahore, Pakistan. Helicopters were used to rescue stranded victims from the roof of the building, but at least five people plunged to their deaths from the burning building. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)




Rescue workers try to save people trapped inside a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. Fire erupted on the seventh floor of the LDA Plaza in Lahore and quickly spread to higher floors leaving many people trapped inside the building. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

Rescue workers try to save people trapped inside a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)




A victim is assisted by rescue workers at the site of the fire in Lahore. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

A victim is assisted by rescue workers at the site of the fire in Lahore. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)




A man (C) who just left a burning building is comforted by bystanders, in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A man (C) who just left a burning building is comforted by bystanders, in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)



People cry as rescue workers try to save people trapped inside a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

People cry as rescue workers try to save people trapped inside a burning building in central Lahore May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)



A man who just left a burning building in central Lahore is comforted by bystanders May 9, 2013. Fire erupted on the seventh floor of the LDA plaza in Lahore and quickly spread to higher floors leaving many people trapped inside the building. At least three people fell from the high floors trying to avoid fire that engulfed the building, local media reports. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

A man who just left a burning building in central Lahore is comforted by bystanders May 9, 2013. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Reuters)
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