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Factory Fire Reveals Bangladesh’s Child Labor Problem
Child workers were among the casualties of the July 8 fire, shedding terrible light on an all-too-common problem.
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July 21, 2021
A 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.
Credit: AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu
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On the afternoon of Thursday, July 8, a fire broke out on the ground floor of the Hashem Food & Beverages factory at Rupganj, an industrial district lying at the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka. Experts have pointed to the illegal storage of chemicals and plastics on the ground floor of the building as the reason behind the fire’s rapid spread. In the aftermath of the inferno, which engulfed the six-story building, more than 50 people are known to have been killed, and many others left injured or unaccounted for. The extent of the victim
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