The fire broke out in the building in the capital Dhaka on Monday afternoon, said a fire department spokesman. The bodies were completely charred. Toys were made in the plastic factory, among other things. It was initially unclear how the fire started.
Fires and industrial accidents with fatalities and injuries are more frequent in the South Asian country. At least 49 people died in June in a fire at a container depot in the east of the country. In 2021, nearly 40 people died when a fire broke out on a passenger ferry in December. A fire at a food factory in Dhaka in July of the same year killed 52 people. The collapse of the “Rana Plaza” building with textile factories and shops in a suburb of Dhaka in April 2013 also triggered international dismay – at that time more than 1,100 people lost their lives.
Source: Nachrichten
