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.
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He said the main exit of the factory was locked from the inside and many of those who died were trapped.
Many workers jumped from the upper floors of the factory, and at least 26 suffered injuries, the United News of Bangladesh agency reported.
Information about how many people were in the factory and how many were missing was not immediately available.
“For now, we only have these details. After searching the top floors we will be able to get a complete picture,” Bardhan said.
Bangladesh has a tragic history of industrial disasters, including factories catching fire with the workers locked inside. Continuing corruption and lax enforcement have resulted in many deaths over the years, and big international brands, which employ tens of thousands of low-paid workers in Bangladesh, have come under heavy pressure to improve factory conditions after fires and other disasters killed thousands of people.
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