A Bangladeshi garment factory on fire, dozens wounded
The photo taken on June 13, 2013 shows the Hazi Super Market destroyed by a fire at Middle Badda in Dhaka, Bangladesh. At least 50 shops were gutted in a fire accident. (Photo : Xinhua/Shariful Islam)
Over a dozen garment workers were injured as they tried to come out of their factory in Ashulia on the outskirts of capital Dhaka following a fire alarm on Thursday morning.
Bangladeshi firefighters and volunteers work to douse a fire at the Arba garment factory that caught fire at Ashulia, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, June 13, 2013. According to local news reports five people were injured in the incident. Bangladesh?s $20 billion garment industry that has been struggling to regain the confidence of Western retailers and consumers following a November fire at the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory that killed 112 people and the April collapse of the Rana Plaza building that killed 1,129 people in the worst garment industry tragedy. (Photo : AP Photo/A.M.Ahad)
A police official in Ashulia said nothing serious happened as three firefighting units rushed to the scene and managed to douse the flame shortly at around 11:30 a.m. local time.
Some 15 workers of the factory sustained minor injuries when they were rushing towards the entrance hearing the fire alarm, said the official who did not like to be named.
A Bangladeshi firefighter tries to douse a fire at the Arba garment factory at Ashulia, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, June 13, 2013. (Photo : AP Photo/A.M.Ahad)
He said the cause of the fire is not known immediately. <Xinhua/NEWSis>
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