Train derails in Gazipur: A man was killed and 10 others were injured as a train derailed on a section of the Dhaka-Mymensingh rail line in Gazipur where the tracks were damaged by unidentified people, fire service and railway officials said.
The fire started on the ground floor of the six-story factor building in Narayanganj.
Firefighters are struggling to control the fire as chemicals and flammable materials were stored inside the building.
At least 52 people were killed and 20 injured after a massive fire raged through a juice-making factory in Bangladesh, officials said on Friday, the latest industrial accident in a country with a track record of poor working conditions.
The fire started late Thursday on the ground floor of a six-story factory building in Narayanganj, south east of Dhaka, and was still raging Friday evening as firefighters scrambled to control it.
Fire at Bangladesh factory kills 52 workers, police open probe
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A massive fire raged through a juice-making factory in Bangladesh.
The fire started on the ground floor of the six-story factor building in Narayanganj.
Firefighters are struggling to control the fire as chemicals and flammable materials were stored inside the building.
At least 52 people were killed and 20 injured after a massive fire raged through a juice-making factory in Bangladesh, officials said on Friday, the latest industrial accident in a country with a track record of poor working conditions.
The fire started late Thursday on the ground floor of a six-story factory building in Narayanganj, south east of Dhaka, and was still raging Friday evening as firefighters scrambled to control it.
DHAKA (Reuters) â At least 52 people were killed and 20 injured after a massive fire raged through a juice-making factory in Bangladesh, officials said on Friday, the latest industrial accident in a country with a track record of poor working conditions.
The fire started late Thursday on the ground floor of a six-story factory building in Narayanganj, southeast of Dhaka, and was still raging Friday evening as firefighters scrambled to control it.
Flames rose from the top floors of the building, where many workers had jumped out from to escape, as a key exit out of the working areas was locked, said fire official Abdullah Al Arefin.
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10 July, 2021, 3:15 pm
Flames rise the morning after a fire broke out at a factory named Hashem Foods Ltd. in Rupganj of Narayanganj district, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
DHAKA, July 9 (Reuters) – At least 52 people were killed and 20 injured after a massive fire raged through a juice-making factory in Bangladesh, officials said on Friday, the latest industrial accident in a country with a track record of poor working conditions.
The fire started late Thursday on the ground floor of a six-story factory building in Narayanganj, southeast of Dhaka, and was still raging Friday evening as firefighters scrambled to control it.