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Al menos 52 muertos tras incendio de fábrica en Bangladesh
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Bomberos retiran los restos de personas fallecidas en el incendio en Hashem Food and Beverage Ltd.
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Daca. Un incendio envolvió una fábrica de alimentos y bebidas en las afueras de la capital de Bangladesh, matando a por lo menos 52 personas, muchas de las cuales quedaron atrapadas en el interior por una puerta cerrada bajo llave ilegalmente, informaron las autoridades ayer.
El incendio estalló el jueves por la noche en la fábrica de cinco plantas Hashem Food and Beverage Ltd. en Rupganj, en las afueras de Daca.
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.
At least 52 young workers perish in Bangladesh factory fire
In yet another shocking inferno, at least 52 mostly teenage workers died in a sweatshop factory, when a blaze engulfed a multi-storey food and beverage factory, just outside Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka, on Thursday night. The factory was exploiting cheap labour to export products to Western markets.
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. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Fire officials said 49 of the victims’ bodies were burned beyond recognition, after they were trapped behind a locked door, a supposedly illegal practice, which is commonly used by employers in the country to prevent workers from leaving their workplace without permission or being searched. Three workers died after jumping off the building’s roof. About another 50 were injured.
Muchos trabajadores saltaron desde los pisos superiores de la fábrica.
Publicado el 10 de julio del 2021 •
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DACA, Bangladesh La Policía de Bangladesh detuvo este sábado a ocho personas por el incendio en una fábrica de alimentos cerca de Dacca, incluyendo al dueño y a sus cuatro hijos, un suceso en el que murieron 52 personas y otras 25 resultaron heridas. Han sido detenidos en Dacca y acusados de asesinato. Por el momento son los únicos acusados, si descubrimos que hay más personas involucradas también serán arrestadas , dijo el inspector general adjunto de la Policía de Dacca, Habibur Rahman.