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| A fire that broke out at a building in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has killed at least 56 people, fire officials said Thursday. | |
| “So far, 56 bodies have been recovered,” Julfikar Rahman, a director of the Fire Service and Civil Defense in Dhaka, told Reuters. “The number could rise further as searching is still continuing.” | “So far, 56 bodies have been recovered,” Julfikar Rahman, a director of the Fire Service and Civil Defense in Dhaka, told Reuters. “The number could rise further as searching is still continuing.” |
| The fire broke out Wednesday night in a building the city’s Chawkbazar area, and Channel News Asia quoted officials as saying that the structure was being used as both an apartment building and as a chemical warehouse. | |
| Bangladesh was also the site of a devastating fire in 2012, when a blaze ripped through the Tazreen Fashions factory outside Dhaka, killing 112 people. That blaze and its high death toll focused attention on the unsafe work conditions and low wages at many garment factories in Bangladesh. | Bangladesh was also the site of a devastating fire in 2012, when a blaze ripped through the Tazreen Fashions factory outside Dhaka, killing 112 people. That blaze and its high death toll focused attention on the unsafe work conditions and low wages at many garment factories in Bangladesh. |