The fire was triggered by a boiler explosion triggered the blaze at around 6 a.m. and spread quickly because flammable chemicals stored at the factory.
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Around 100 people were in the building when the fire broke out.
He said around 75 people had been scheduled to work the overnight shift, which was to end at 7 a.m.
Dhaka – Rescuers found four more bodies in rubbles of the packaging plants that burned to ashes near Bangladeshi capital raising the death toll in the disaster to 29, officials said Sunday. It is also the worst industrial accident in Bangladesh since the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building outside Dhaka that killed over 1,100 workers, who were mainly employed in the garment industry.
There were about 100 people inside the factory when the explosion occurred on Saturday, and a lot of them were to leave for a week-long holiday for the festival.
Most of the 25 victims died at the scene while others succumbed to their injuries at the state-run Dhaka Medical Collage Hospital and other healthcare facilities in the area.
It’s the latest in a series of factory disasters in Bangladesh, one of the world’s top garment exporters. “They will also suggest how we can improve fire safety of local factories”, Ahmed said.
Western brands subsequently upgraded safety standards and inspections for suppliers, dramatically reducing incidents of fire and other accidents at export-orientated factories.
The fire is under control, he said.
On its website, Tampaco Foils lists major worldwide brands, such as British American Tobacco and Nestle, among its customers.
“The boiler explosion and resulting fire. demonstrates the ongoing dangers to industrial workers in that country”, a statement from a consortium of groups, including the International Labor Rights Forum, said. The Rana Plaza tragedy triggered global outrage and put pressure on European and USA clothing brands to improve pay and conditions at the factories that supply them.
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