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Data gathered by risk management firm Resilinc shows that 59% of the fires in manufacturing facilities were caused by faulty equipment.

Last year was a really bad year for factory fires, according to a new report. Some 1,946 factory fire alerts were issued in 2021 by Resilinc, which describes itself as "the world's [...]

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ANI | Updated: Mar 16, 2021 02:52 IST Naypyitaw [Myanmar], March 16 (ANI): Myanmar authorities declared martial law in parts of Yangon after several Chinese-owned garment factories were torched on Sunday over Beijing being supportive of the military for the coup thereby threatening the countrys fragile economy. At least 38 people were killed on Sunday as security forces in Myanmar opened fire on anti-coup protesters in their continued attempts to crush demo...

Accord for bangladesh and another is the alliance. its spirit. 100 retailers signed on to one of the accords. this is the legally binding one. but its moving a lot slower than the activists thought it would. actually i think its moving slower than the retailers thought it would. its -- the other part of it is those people at the plaza have not had any compensation yet from the retailers. well, one retailer has given them compensation but as a group, no. so theres a lot going on thats slowly happ...

Company has stopped production of its merchandise in bangladesh. now, its decision was not a response to last weeks devastating building collapse but to a series of factory fires in the country last fall. which we reported on at the time. disney sent a letter to vendors in march telling them to discontinue production in quote, unquote, high-risk countries of which bangladesh is one. other companies are reacting as well, but the problem is this. safety doesnt trickle down to subcontractors. it wi...

Weve been following. weve learned the walt disney company has stopped production of its merchandise in bangladesh. now, its decision was not a response to last weeks devastating building collapse but to a series of factory fires in the country last fall. which we reported on at the time. disney sent a letter to vendors in march telling them to discontinue production in quote, unquote, high-risk countries of which bangladesh is one. other companies are reacting as well, but the problem is this. s...

Response to last weeks devastating building collapse but to a series of factory fires in the country last fall. which we reported on at the time. disney sent a letter to vendors in march telling them to discontinue production in quote, unquote, high-risk countries of which bangladesh is one. other companies are reacting as well, but the problem is this. safety doesnt trickle down to subcontractors. it will be business as usual. you may think youre buying a well-produced piece of clothing that wa...

The shopping weekend took a deadly turn outside a walmart in suburban atlanta. a shoplifter died after being caught by employees and a security guard early sunday morning. detectives say the guard may have used a choke hold on the suspected thief, he is no longer working for the store. a walmart spokesperson says no amount of merchandise is worth someones life. lets all second that motion, huh? >> thats right. well, overseas now. new details in the deadly fire inside a bangladesh garment facto...