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Police arrest Bangladesh factory owners after fire kills 52 JULHAS ALAM, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5A firefighter communicates with his colleagues on a walkie talkie inside the burnt food and beverage factory in Rupganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 9, 2021. At least 52 people died in a huge blaze that engulfed a food and beverage factory outside Bangladesh's capital, fire officials said Friday, in the latest industrial disaster to hit the South Asian nation.Mahmud Hossain Opu/APShow MoreShow Less 2of5Two unidentified men, in center, are escorted by Ba...

Published July 11, 2021, 8:22 AM DHAKA, Bangladesh – The owner of a factory where 52 people died in a fire was arrested for murder Saturday as it emerged that children as young as 11 had been working there. Police said Abul Hashem and four of his sons were among eight people detained over the inferno, which broke out Thursday and raged for more than a day. A separate inquiry has been launched into the use of child labour at the food factory. Jayedul Alam, police chief for Narayanganj district where the factory is located, said the entrance had been padlocked along with multiple other bre...

Reuters Reuters 11 July, 2021, 4:06 pm Firefighters work at the site of a fire that broke out on Thursday at Hashem Foods Ltd factory in Rupganj, Narayanganj district, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain DHAKA (Reuters) – The owner of a food-processing factory in Bangladesh was arrested for murder on Saturday over a fire that killed 52 people who were trapped inside the building, police said. The six-storey factory outside the capital Dhaka was built without permission, according to police who said it had no emergency fire exits and lacked ad...

Bangladesh factory owner held after 52 die in fire By AFP - Jul 11,2021 - Last updated at Jul 11,2021 Firemen line up after putting out a fire at the burnt factory in Rupganj on Saturday (AFP photo) DHAKA — Bangladesh police on Saturday arrested for murder the owner of a factory where 52 people died in an inferno, as it emerged that children as young as 11 had been working there. Police said the owner of the food factory and four of his sons were among eight people detained over the fire that broke out Thursday and raged for more than a day. A separate inquiry has been launched into the use...

A firefighter communicates with his colleagues on a walkie talkie inside the burnt food and beverage factory in Rupganj, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 9, 2021. (AP Photo) DHAKA— Police in Bangladesh arrested eight people Saturday on murder charges in connection with a factory fire that killed at least 52 people, many of whom were trapped inside by an illegally locked door, a senior police official said. The blaze began Thursday night at the five-story Hashem Foods Ltd. factory in Rupganj, just outside the capital Dhaka, sending huge clouds of black smoke billowing into the sky. Police ...