At least 15 people have been killed and 70 injured, many critically, in a huge fire triggered by a boiler explosion at a Bangladeshi packaging factory, officials said on Saturday. Bangladesh garment factory fire leaves dozens dead Read more“The fire is still not under control,” police inspector Sirajul Islam said. As a result, the fire took no time to spread,” Islam said, adding scores of fire officials were still battling to bring the blaze under control. The factory produced and printed the plastic packaging for food items such as potato chips and small household goods including mosquito coils. In November 2012, at least 111 workers were killed when a devastating fire engulfed a nine-storey garment factory in the Ashulia industrial area, outside the capital Dhaka.

Source: The Guardian September 10, 2016 04:40 UTC