DHAKA, Jul 10 (NNN-BSS) – At least 51 workers died, as a juice factory in Bangladesh’s Narayanganj district, about 20 km from the capital Dhaka, caught fire, a senior official said, yesterday.
The district’s chief administrator, Mostain Billah, said that, the death toll of Thursday’s factory fire has risen to 51 by yesterday afternoon.
“Another 49 bodies were recovered yesterday afternoon, taking the number of deaths to 51, from two the night before,” he said.
According to the official, 20 more people were injured in the fire and they were rushed to different hospitals.
A total of 18 firefighting units managed to bring the fire, at a six-storey building of the local factory, under control, after more than 21 hours of fighting, at around 3:00 p.m. local time yesterday, said the official.
Md Abdul Al Arefin, Narayanganj District Fire Service and Civil Defence deputy director, said, they came to know that the fire originated from a welding accident, at around 5:30 p.m. local time, Thursday.– NNN-BSS