One dead, 42 hurt after fire in chemical warehouse
Representational Image Our Correspondent, Gazipur Our Correspondent, Gazipur
A garment factory employee died, 20 workers were injured and another 22 fell sick in a fire at the chemical warehouse of the factory in Gazipur s Sreepur upazila yesterday morning.
The dead, Masum Sikder, 23, was a wielding operator at Dhaka Garments and Washing Limited in Bhangnahati area.
Witnesses said there were several power outages at the warehouse after 9:30am. As the fire broke out around 10:00am, workers of the garment factory, housed in a five-storey building next to the warehouse, rushed to the main entrance of the factory, but found it locked.