2015 Lahore factory disaster

{{Short description|Fatal building collapse in Pakistan}}

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| date = {{start date|2015|11|04|df=yes}}

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| location = Sundar Industrial Estate near Lahore, Pakistan{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34729589|title=Pakistan Lahore factory collapse: Hopes dim for survivors|accessdate=7 November 2015|date=5 November 2015|publisher=BBC}}

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| reported deaths = 45 {{cite news | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1218103/lahore-factory-collapse-search-for-survivors-continues-as-death-toll-climbs-to-45 | title=Lahore factory collapse: Search for survivors continues as death toll climbs to 45 | date=7 November 2015 | newspaper=Dawn | location=Pakistan | first=Imran | last=Gabol | accessdate=3 June 2019 }}

| reported injuries = 100+{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/dead-factory-collapses-pakistan-lahore-151104145754335.html|title=Hunt for survivors at collapsed Pakistan building site|date=5 November 2015|accessdate=5 November 2015|publisher=Al Jazeera English}}

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| reported property damage = factory destroyed

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The 2015 Lahore factory disaster resulted when a shopping bag factory located at Sundar Industrial Estate near Lahore, Pakistan collapsed{{cite news | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1217633/at-least-23-dead-as-rescuers-scrabble-through-lahore-factory-rubble | title=At least 25 dead as rescuers scrabble through Lahore factory rubble | date=5 November 2015 | newspaper=Dawn | location=Pakistan | first=Imran | last=Gabol | agency=AFP | accessdate=3 June 2019 }}{{cite news | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/985697/at-least-21-killed-in-lahore-factory-collapse-rescue-operations-underway/ | title=At least 23 killed in Lahore factory collapse; rescue operations underway | date=5 November 2015 | newspaper=The Express Tribune | first=Muhammad | last=Shahzad | location=Pakistan | accessdate=3 June 2019 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20151104-pakistan-deadly-factory-collapse-near-lahore|title=Race to find survivors after deadly factory collapse in Pakistan|accessdate=5 November 2015|date=5 November 2015|publisher=24France|author=AFP}} on 4 November 2015, killing at least 45 people and trapping about 150. The recovery was led by the Board of Management Sundar Industrial Estate with support from the Pakistan Army, Rescue 1122 and Bahria Town Rescue Team.

A large rescue operation included a team of army engineers and urban search-and-rescue personnel. Messages had been received via mobile phones from people trapped in the rubble. The challenge of getting heavy machinery to the site of the collapse hampered the rescue effort, according to an official as of 4 November.