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DHAKA, (APP/AFP) – A fire in a textile factory
in Bangladesh Saturday killed three workers and left five injured,
police said.
A foreign technician was among those killed in the blaze
in the sprawling complex belonging to fabric manufacturer Mom Tex
in Narsingdi, just outside the capital Dhaka.
Police officials said the fire started on the ground floor
of a seven-storey building where chemicals and dyes were stored,
trapping workers who were resting before their shift.
“Three workers who were resting near the chemical storage
unit have died of suffocation and burns,” police inspector Shahidur
Rahman told AFP.
“At least five workers were also injured and were rushed to
a hospital,” he said.
Firefighters brought the blaze under control in around
two hours, Narsingdi police chief Amena Begum told AFP.
A company official confirmed the deaths to AFP.
“We suspect the electricity short-circuited, causing a fire
in the storage room where dyes and paints were kept,” Nazmul Islam,
a deputy general manager of Mom Tex said.
“The workers who were resting in the upper floors died due to
suffocation from smoke,” he said.