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At least 16 people were killed in a fire that broke out at a garment factory and a chemical warehouse in the Bangladeshi capital on Tuesday, the fire service and civil defense department said.
Fire official Talha bin Jashim said the fire incident occurred on Tuesday. Dhaka It is believed to have originated on the third floor of a seven-storey garment building in the Mirpur area.
He said that rescue workers have recovered many bodies. Many other people were injured.
The fire was brought under control by evening and rescue operations are underway.
It has the second largest textile industry in the world after Bangladesh. ChinaAnd the sector employs approximately 4 million workers, the majority of whom are women.
This industry, which earns about $40 billion per year mainly from exports United States of America And EuropeThere is a history of industrial accidents and fires which have been attributed to lax monitoring and building code violations.