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Published: 11 Jul 2021 01:00 PM BdST
Updated: 11 Jul 2021 04:37 PM BdST Firefighters are engaged in efforts to douse a massive fire in the factory of Hashem Foods Ltdon in Narayanganj s Rupganji Jul 9, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi A fire burnt goods on the fifth floor of Hashem Foods factory in Narayanganj’s Rupganj into ashes. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The High Court has ordered the attorney general to speak to the secretary of health and the secretary of labour to ensure that all workers injured in the fire at the Hashem Foods factory in Narayanganj’s Rupganj receive proper medical care.
Fire at Bangladesh factory kills 52 workers, police open probe
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A massive fire raged through a juice-making factory in Bangladesh.
The fire started on the ground floor of the six-story factor building in Narayanganj.
Firefighters are struggling to control the fire as chemicals and flammable materials were stored inside the building.
At least 52 people were killed and 20 injured after a massive fire raged through a juice-making factory in Bangladesh, officials said on Friday, the latest industrial accident in a country with a track record of poor working conditions.
The fire started late Thursday on the ground floor of a six-story factory building in Narayanganj, south east of Dhaka, and was still raging Friday evening as firefighters scrambled to control it.
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Victims relatives wailing in front of the factory. Star File Photo/Anisur Rahman >
Victims relatives wailing in front of the factory. Star File Photo/Anisur Rahman
The High Court today ordered the authorities concerned to publish a list of the victims who were injured in last Thursday s deadly fire at a Narayanganj food processing factory and to ensure their proper treatment.
The court asked the attorney general to talk to the health and labour secretaries to take necessary steps to this effect.
The High Court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order during hearing a writ petition filed by four rights organistions, seeking directives for compensation for the victims and for conducting an enquiry into the incident.
DHAKA (Reuters) â At least 52 people were killed and 20 injured after a massive fire raged through a juice-making factory in Bangladesh, officials said on Friday, the latest industrial accident in a country with a track record of poor working conditions.
The fire started late Thursday on the ground floor of a six-story factory building in Narayanganj, southeast of Dhaka, and was still raging Friday evening as firefighters scrambled to control it.
Flames rose from the top floors of the building, where many workers had jumped out from to escape, as a key exit out of the working areas was locked, said fire official Abdullah Al Arefin.
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10 July, 2021, 3:15 pm
Flames rise the morning after a fire broke out at a factory named Hashem Foods Ltd. in Rupganj of Narayanganj district, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 9, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
DHAKA, July 9 (Reuters) – At least 52 people were killed and 20 injured after a massive fire raged through a juice-making factory in Bangladesh, officials said on Friday, the latest industrial accident in a country with a track record of poor working conditions.
The fire started late Thursday on the ground floor of a six-story factory building in Narayanganj, southeast of Dhaka, and was still raging Friday evening as firefighters scrambled to control it.