A cotton factory in Faisalabad was destroyed by fire, killing two workers.

On Thursday, fire destroyed a cotton mill on Sargodha Road in Faisalabad, killing at least two workers.

Details show that when the fire broke out, 40 workers were inside the plant; 37 of them were able to safely leave, while the remaining three were trapped within the structure.

After a frantic attempt, firefighters and rescue personnel arrived at the scene and put out the fire. The bodies of two laborers were recovered from the structure by rescue crews, and a search was conducted for the third.

The workers who died were named as 46-year-old Asghar and 26-year-old Jameel, according to sources. Adnan was identified as the missing laborer. The dead remains have been moved to a hospital by rescue crews.

Sources claim that the manufacturing building was totally damaged by the fire, and cotton and machinery valued at millions of rupees were converted to ashes.