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Article

10 Sep 2016

Author:
Serajul Quadir, Reuters [UK]

Bangladesh factory fire kills 23, injures dozens more

A fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh killed at least 23 people and injured dozens on Saturday, in the country's worst industrial accident since the Rana Plaza building collapse of 2013 in which over 1,100 people died...The cause was not immediately known, but officials said a boiler explosion probably triggered the blaze...my only focus is on my workers who were injured and on those who died. We will take care of them...said Syed Mokbul Hossain, chair of Tampaco and a former member of parliament...My company is fully compliant and I've never sacrificed on quality, as my clients are mainly multinational companies."

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