A firefighter communicates with his colleagues on a walkie talkie inside the burnt food and beverage factory in Rupganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 9, 2021. (AP Photo)
DHAKA 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 senior police official said.
The blaze began Thursday night at the five-story Hashem Foods Ltd. factory in Rupganj, just outside the capital Dhaka, sending huge clouds of black smoke billowing into the sky. Police discovered piles of bodies Friday afternoon after the fire was extinguished.
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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 senior police official said. The blaze began Thursday night at the five-story Hashem Foods Ltd. factory.
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The fire started on the ground floor of the six-story factor building in Narayanganj.
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Bangladesh factory owner arrested after 52 dead in Narayanganj fire
11 Jul 2021, 13:37 GMT+10
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 11 (ANI): Bangladesh fruit juice factory owner along with seven other people were arrested after 52 people were killed in the Narayanganj blaze. Among the 8, one of them is the owner of the factory and his staff, Zaidul Alam, the Police Superintendent of Narayanganj district in Bangladesh told CNN.
As many as 52 people have died and 50 others were injured after a fire broke out in a juice factory in Bangladesh s Narayanganj city on Thursday afternoon.
The fire started on Thursday afternoon on the ground floor of a six-story Hashem Foods Ltd factory in Rupganj, east of the capital Dhaka, Debashis Bardhan, Deputy Director of the Fire Service and Civil Defense said, reported CNN.
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Published: 11 Jul 2021 01:00 PM BdST
Updated: 11 Jul 2021 04:37 PM BdST Firefighters are engaged in efforts to douse a massive fire in the factory of Hashem Foods Ltdon in Narayanganj s Rupganji Jul 9, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi A fire burnt goods on the fifth floor of Hashem Foods factory in Narayanganj’s Rupganj into ashes. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The High Court has ordered the attorney general to speak to the secretary of health and the secretary of labour to ensure that all workers injured in the fire at the Hashem Foods factory in Narayanganj’s Rupganj receive proper medical care.