A fire engulfed a food and beverage factory outside Bangladesh’s capital, killing at least 52 people, many of whom were trapped inside by an illegally locked door, fire officials said Friday. He said the main exit of the factory was locked from the inside and many of those who died were trapped. Bangladesh has a tragic history of industrial disasters, including factories catching fire with the workers locked inside. According to Bangladesh’s factory laws, a factory cannot lock its exit when workers are inside during production hours. The country’s worst Industrial disaster came the following year, when the Rana Plaza garment factory outside Dhaka collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people.

Source: The Nation July 09, 2021 12:22 UTC