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Bangladesh: Death Toll from Factory Fire Rises to 31

HeadlineSep 14, 2016

In Bangladesh, the death toll from a fire at a packaging factory has risen to 31. The fire began after a boiler explosion on Saturday. The company, Tampaco Foils, packages items for multinational companies, including Nestlé and British American Tobacco. This is the inspector general of the Bangladesh police, speaking right after the disaster.

Shaidul Haq: “Til now we have found bodies of 21 people who died in the fire. What I have seen here is an industry with bad safety provisions. Whether they had proper permission or not, proper documents, we will have to look into it.”

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