Citing hospital officials, the paper said the bodies of 19 people were recovered from the building while five others succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment. “I nearly became unconscious but I forced myself to go out with the help of my phone’s flashlight”.
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It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion, which occurred at around 6 a.m. Authorities have ordered an investigation.
He added the firefighters are yet to bring the fire under control. “I haven’t heard from him since this morning”.
“We checked the design of this factory and initially it is our understanding that it was a one floor building and later the floor had been raised, similar to case of Rana Plaza”, he said.
The blaze on Saturday at Tampaco Foils, caused the partial collapse of the factory building, which packages various items, including food and cigarettes, for several local companies and global brands, such as British American Tobacco and Nestle.
At least 22 people were killed and 50 injured on Saturday after a packaging factory was set on fire in north of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.
“So far our focus was only on readymade garment factories, but now this disaster has opened our eyes to the fact that we should also focus on other factories”, Syed Ahmed, the head of the Department of Inspection for factories in Bangladesh, said.
Fire fighters work to put out the fire at a packaging factory in Tongi industy area outside Dhaka, Bangladesh. However, intensity of the fire has been reduced.
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Bangladesh factory fire kills at least 24, more than 30 injured was posted in World of TheNews International – https://www.thenews.com.pk on September 11, 2016 and was last updated on September 11, 2016. But thousands of local factories supplying the domestic market have done little to address safety concerns.
