In 2013, the collapse of a factory building on the outskirts of Dhaka killed more than 1,100 garment workers.
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As firefighters battled to control the blaze, police and rescue workers launched a desperate search for survivors.
Officials on Sunday night said the death toll from the fire rose to 29 with recovery of five more bodies.
Relatives have been gathering outside the local hospital for news.
Witnesses said the volunteers tried several times to enter the collapsed building in search of missing workers, but were forced back by thick-black smokes and flames. About 100 people were inside the food and cigarette packaging unit when the explosion occurred and the fire spread quickly because of flammable chemicals stored in the building.
At least 13 people died in a fire at a plastics factory Dhaka past year. Nineteen people were rushed to a hospital, though three of them later died of their injuries.
A boiler exploded and triggered a fire at a packaging factory near Bangladesh’s capital.
The cause of the fire in the Tongi industrial zone about 20 km (12 miles) north of the capital, Dhaka, was not immediately known, but officials said a boiler explosion probably triggered it.
“The ILO is ready to further support Bangladesh’s efforts to ensure the safety of its workers”, Ryder said in response to Tampaco Foils Limited fire. Western brands subsequently improved safety standards and inspections for suppliers, dramatically reducing incidents of fire and other accidents at export-orientated factories.
The ILO chief said they were “deeply saddened” by the loss of life and on behalf of the organisation extended “sympathy” to the families of the victims.
Fires and accidents are common in Bangladeshi factories, particularly in the clothing industry, which is the world’s second-largest.
“We are now unaware of the precise cause of the fire, but have been informed that theBangladesh government has set up a formal investigation”.
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Fire fighters work to put out the fire at a packaging factory in Tongi industy area outside Dhaka, Bangladesh.
