Police arrest Bangladesh factory owners after fire kills 52
JULHAS ALAM, Associated Press
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1of5A firefighter communicates with his colleagues on a walkie talkie inside the burnt food and beverage factory in Rupganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 9, 2021. At least 52 people died in a huge blaze that engulfed a food and beverage factory outside Bangladesh's capital, fire officials said Friday, in the latest industrial disaster to hit the South Asian nation.Mahmud Hossain Opu/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5Two unidentified men, in center, are escorted by Bangladesh police officials to the court in Narayanganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, July 10, 2021. Police in Bangladesh arrested eight people Saturday on murder charges in connection with a factory fire that killed at least 52 people, many of whom were trapped inside by an illegally locked door, a police official said.Abdul Goni/APShow MoreShow Less