18 dead, 50 hurt in Bangladesh factory fire

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At least 18 people are killed and 50 injured in a fire at a Bangladesh clothes factory, local television channels said.

Image: Twenty-one workers killed in factory fire

epa02055583 A Bangladeshi fire fighter officer inspects a burnt sewing machine after a fire on the first floor of the Garib and Garib sweater factory after a fire in Gazipur some 50km (30 miles) north of the capital, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 26 February 2010. Twenty-one garment workers were killed and some 50 injured in the fire started on the first floor of the seven-storey building as workers had finished for the night and were leaving the factory while lack of safety standards and poor wiring cause several fatal factory fires every year in Bangladesh. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAHAbir Abdullah / EPA

Feb. 25, 2010, 2:30 PM EST / Source: Reuters

At least 18 people were killed and 50 injured in a fire at a Bangladesh clothes factory on Thursday, local television channels said.

The fire raged for over two hours at Garib and Garib Newaj Garment factory in the town of Gazipur some 30 miles north of the capital, Dhaka. Fire services said 18 workers were seriously injured, including 13 women.

Fires often kill large numbers of workers in clothes factories in Bangladesh. Clothing is the country's largest export sector.

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