Pakistan, Aug. 9 -- Officials were assessing damages after two fires gutted a garments factory and damaged four other manufacturing plants in Pakistan's commercial capital of Karachi, they said on Friday.

In the first incident, a blaze broke out at the MashaAllah Factory, which processes imported second-hand clothing, and led to the total collapse of the building, according to Hasaan Khan, a spokesperson of Sindh Rescue 1122 service.

At least seven people were injured who were shifted to hospital, while the blaze later engulfed three nearby plants located within the Landhi Export Processing Zone.

"During the cooling-off period, another factory, named Home Furnishings, caught fire at around 11:30pm on Thursday," Khan told Arab News.

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