According to Rescue 1122 officials, the ten dead included nine women, two men and a teenager, while all 11 injured had been shifted to Jinah Hospital. Those who lost their lives were identified as Salma, Fauzia, Nasrin, Maryum, Shakeela Iqbal and two men including Tanveer, Asif, a teenager and an unknown woman.

However, the hospital sources confirmed that four persons with minor injuries had been discharged after first-aid, while a labourer, Mushtaq, was in critical condition owing to severe burn injuries.

Soon after the incident which occurred at around 8:15 am, rescue and police teams rushed to the scene and launched the operation, where a number of residents had already started their efforts to rescue those trapped under the debris.

Adjacent to the factory building, a house also caved in due to resonance of the big bang.