Le Socialiste
9th May 2013, 05:40
Disgusting.
At least seven people have been killed when a fire swept through a garment factory in an industrial district of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, police and an industry association official said.
Thursday’s fire, which broke out overnight in the Mirpur area, occurred two weeks after more than 800 people were killed in a factory collapse outside the city.
"It is not clear to us how the accident happened, but we are trying to find out the cause," Mohammad Atiqul Islam, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, told Reuters.
The fire broke out at a factory belonging to the Tung Hai Group, a large garment exporter, after most workers had gone home, police said.
On Wednesday the Bangladesh government said it had shut down 18 garment factories for safety reasons following the April 24 collapse of Rana Plaza, which housed five garment factories making clothes for Western brands.
Bangladesh's garment industry, which accounts for 80 percent of the South Asian country's exports, has seen a series of deadly accidents, including a fire in November that killed 112 people.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/05/2013592534188982.html
At least seven people have been killed when a fire swept through a garment factory in an industrial district of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, police and an industry association official said.
Thursday’s fire, which broke out overnight in the Mirpur area, occurred two weeks after more than 800 people were killed in a factory collapse outside the city.
"It is not clear to us how the accident happened, but we are trying to find out the cause," Mohammad Atiqul Islam, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, told Reuters.
The fire broke out at a factory belonging to the Tung Hai Group, a large garment exporter, after most workers had gone home, police said.
On Wednesday the Bangladesh government said it had shut down 18 garment factories for safety reasons following the April 24 collapse of Rana Plaza, which housed five garment factories making clothes for Western brands.
Bangladesh's garment industry, which accounts for 80 percent of the South Asian country's exports, has seen a series of deadly accidents, including a fire in November that killed 112 people.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/05/2013592534188982.html