"Blast in Bangladesh garment factory kills 10, investigation underway", 4 Jul

A boiler explosion at a Bangladeshi garment plant near...Dhaka killed 10 people and injured dozens…The blast, late on Monday, occurred at a plant operated by local Bangladeshi firm Multifabs while maintenance work was going on...The explosion…partially damaged a nearby three-storey factory building…"I heard a big bang when I was having tea outside," factory driver Hafiz Mostafa said, as dozens thronged the factory site and firefighters moved rubble in search of missing persons. "I saw windows, doors, glasses, machinery and a section of the wall of the building go flying …Multifabs has many clients in Europe, its website says.  The company started operating in 1992 and reached $70 million in exports in 2016. Its top buyers include fashion chain Lindex...part of Finland's Stockmann, German supermarket chain Aldi, and Rexholm of Denmark…The company said the plant was functioning well and the six-year-old boiler, procured from Germany, had just been serviced…Stockmann said it was investigating the disaster, but was still seeking more information…Lindex said Multifabs was one of its main suppliers and…it was monitoring the situation.