Garment Factory Fire Incidents since Tazreen Fashion

Updated: April 9, 2014
Garment Factory Fire Incidents since Tazreen Fashion
Factory Fire, November 24, 2012
AT LEAST 27 DEATHS / AT LEAST 828 INJURIES
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Name of
RMG
Factory
Location
Date of
Incident
62.
Rangdhanu
Spinning
Mills Ltd.
Bolibhadra, Ashulia April 9,
61.
Green Leaf
Apparel
Jhigatala, Dhaka
March 6,
2014
60.
Al-Lima
Textile
Limited
Ulail,Savar
February
12, 2014
59.
Al Muslim
Garment
Factory
Chowdhury Para,
Malibag
January
13, 2014
58.
Swadhin
Dyeing
Factory
Konabari,Gazipur
January
11, 2014
57.
JapanBangla
Garments
Gazirchor, Ashulia
December
26, 2013
2014
Cause and Outcome
Injuries
Deaths
A fire gutted the warehouse of a spinning
mill in the Bolibhadra area of the capital’s
Ashulia.
The FSCD official said no casualties were
reported and the cause of the fire could not
be known immediately.
The Hazaribagh police officer-in-charge,
Mainul Islam, said that fire fighter Mizan
had suffered suffocation. A fire broke out in
an apparel factory at Jhigatala in the capital
Dhaka on Thursday evening. Fire Service
and Civil Defence director (operations)
Mahbubur Rahman said that the fire had
broken out in the first floor of Green Leaf
Apparel about 5:45pm.
The fire at Al-Lima Textile Limited's factory
started around 12.15pm on Wednesday,
Savar Model Police Station SI Ashish Kumar
Sanyal said.A machine on the factory’s
ground floor caught fire from electric
sparks.That later spread across the floor.
Fire broke out at a garment factory in the
capital’s Malibagh on Monday nightat ‘Al
Muslim Garments’ at about 8:20pm.Nine
units of Fire Service rushed to the spot and
doused the fire at 9:20pm.
A fire which broke out at a textile dyeing
factory at Konabari in Gazipur Saturday
morning is now under control.The fire
originated from the machinery on the ground
floor of Swadhin Dyeing Factory at about
9:30 am and soon engulfed the entire factory,
fire service sources said.Several machines
and accessories were gutted by the blaze.
A fire raged through the Japan- Bangla
Garments factory at Gazir-chor of Ashulia
the capital on December 26, 2013. Inspector
Sheikh BadrulAlam, officer-in-charge of
Ashulia Police Station said, ‘‘An electrical
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Mondol
Group’s
garment
factory
Tongabari , Ashulia
November
25, 2013
55.
Aman
Spinning
Mills Ltd.
Zirabo, Ashulia
November
25, 2013
54.
Riyad
Dying
Gazipur
Nov 12,
2013
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Aswad
Compo
site
Mills
Gazipur District
October 8,
2013
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Sicily
Garme
Dhaka
(Nandipara,
September
15, 2013
short-circuit in the factory may have caused
the fire.” According to police, the fire broke
out at 7.45am on the seventh floor of the
garments factory. The fire was brought under
control at 9.50 am, fire service official Ziaur
Rahman said.
At least 15 workers were injured in stampede
when they were rushing towards the exit
during the blaze. At Tongabari, another fire
broke out at the first floor of a six-story
building of Mondol Group’s garment factory
about 5:15pm. Fire fighters with the help of
locals brought the flame under control after
two hours.
At least 20 workers were injured in two
factory fire incidents at Zirabo in Ashulia on
the outskirts of the capital yesterday. Five
local people were injured while trying to
douse the flame along with the fire fighters.
Fire fighters and witnesses said about
4:45pm a fire broke out at the ground floor of
Aman Spinning Mills Ltd at Zirabo. They
brought the blaze under control after one
hour of their hectic efforts.
At least 15 workers of a Gazipur dye factory
were injured when they tried to escape a fire
on Tuesday. The fire erupted from an oven
on the third floor of the Riyad Dying at
around 8am and spread quickly, said a
Gazipur Fire Service official. Station Officer
Abu Zafar Ahmed said panic-stricken
workers tried to get out of the factory and at
least 15 of them were injured in the melee.
Ten people were killed and 50 others injured
in a fire at the Aswad Composite Mills
garment factory in the Gazipur District on
October 8. The fire originated around 6 p.m.
in the dyeing section of the factory, owned
by Palmal Group. The cause of the blaze was
not immediately known. Firefighters brought
the flames under control around 12:45 a.m.,
fire service officials said. The blaze spread to
a nearby chemical store and engulfed two
floors, after which a boiler on the ground
floor exploded, further feeding the flames.
Three people, including two rescue
personnel, were injured after a fire broke out
on the upper floors of the Sicily garment
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Madartek)
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Nipun
Garme
nt
(PTE)
Ltd.
Savar
August
30, 2013
50
JK
Group
factory
Savar
August
11, 2013
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M.M.
Garme
nt Ltd.
factory
Gazipur District
July 19,
2013
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Papella
Shoes
Ltd
Chittagong Export
Processing Zone
(CEPZ)
June 30,
2013
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Binni
Garme
nts Ltd.
Dhaka
(DakkhinKamalapu
r)
June 20,
2013
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ArbaTe
xtile
Ltd
Gazirchat, Ashulia
June 13,
2013
factory in Dhaka. The factory is housed on
the fifth and sixth floors, and a security guard
reported the fire originated on the sixth floor
where cotton was stored. MahbubMorshed, a
factory director, said 2,000 people work at
the factory.
A fire broke out in the Nipun (PTE) Ltd.
garment factory, located on the second floor
of Chourangi Super Market in Savar. No
injuries or deaths were reported. Khan
Khalilur, Rahman, station officer of Savar
Fire Service and Civil Defense, said an
electrical short circuit might have caused the
fire.
At least 10 people were injured trying to
escape a fire at a (RMG) factory in Savar
outside Dhaka.The fire broke out on the
fourth floor of the seven-story JK Group
factory building around 7:10 p.m. Thousands
of people work in the factory.
A fire broke out at a warehouse on the
seventh floor of M.M. Garment Ltd. factory
in the Gazipur District. No injuries or deaths
were reported. It took fire fighters four hours
to extinguish the blaze.
A fire broke out in a two-story warehouse of
a footwear manufacturing factory in
Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ)
of the port city yesterday. No injuries or
deaths were reported.Fire service officials
suspect the fire originated from an electrical
short circuit.Eighteen fire-fighting units
battled the blaze, according to the Agrabad
fire service.
A fire broke out at the Binni Garments Ltd.
factory in Dhaka. No injuries or deaths were
reported. Fire service sources said the fire
originated around 8:25 a.m. from an
electrical short circuit on the second floor of
a three-story building that houses the factory.
Some 10 garment workers sustained minor
injuries while escaping a fire in the Araba
Textile Ltd., factory in Ashulia. News reports
say the fire originated on the ground floor of
a six-story building around 9:45 a.m., in a
35-by-25 foot storeroom. The cause of the
fire was not immediately known.
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Uni
Garme
nt
Nasirabad,
Chittagong
June 1,
2013
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Bandu
Design
Ltd.
Narasinghapur,
Ashulia
May 22,
2013
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Tung
Hai
Sweate
r
Limited
G.M.
ESTA
BLISH
MENT
(PVT)
LTD.
factory
Excelsi
or
Shoes
Ltd
Mirpur, Kushtia
District
May 8,
2013
Rajendrapur,
Gazipur
Kang
Book
BD
Limited
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At least 14 workers were injured when they
ran down the stars to escape a fire in the
sewing section of the Uni Garment factory at
about 9 a.m. Factory employees and workers
put out the flames before fire engines
arrived.
At least 20 workers were injured in a
stampede during a fire that broke out in an
apparel factory at Narasinghapur of Ashulia,
on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka.
Witnesses and fire fighters said that the fire
started on the ground floor of the multi-story
building housing Bandu Design Ltd. Abdul
Hamid Miah, fire service station officer in
the Dhaka Export Processing Zone, said the
cause of the fire was not yet known.
Seven people were killed in a fire that swept
through a sweater factory in the Kushtia
District. The blaze broke out on the ground
floor of Tung Hai Sweater Factory, housed in
an 11-story building at Mirpur Technical
crossing, around 11.05 p.m.
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May 7,
2013
Three people suffered burn injuries from a
fire in the warehouse of a garment factory at
Rajendrapur in Gazipur. Fire Brigade sources
said the fire originated at the storeroom on
the ground floor of GM garments factory in
the Bangla Bazar area around 8:30 p.m.
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Chittagong Export
Processing Zone
(CEPZ)
April 5,
2013
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Processing Zone
(CEPZ)
March 7,
2013
A fire broke out in the warehouse of the
Excelsior Shoes in the Chittagong Export
Processing Zone (CEPZ) around 3.40 p.m.
No injuries or deaths were reported. The
flames spread quickly because of chemicals
stored in the factory.
Five garment workers were injured while
escaping a fire in the Kang Book BD Limited
factory in the Chittagong Export Processing
Zone (CEPZ). Sources said sparks from
welding caused the fire while an exhaust fan
was being installed on first floor of the
factory building. The fire created panic
among some 1,100 workers on the ground
floor of the factory, where fire retardant
foam generated thick smoke.
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A denim
factory
warehouse
in Beximco
Industrial
Park (name
is unknown)
Biswas
Group
Beximco Industrial
Park, Gazipur
District
February
26, 2013
A denim factory warehouse in the Beximco
Industrial Park was gutted in a fire. A short
circuit sparked the fire, which gutted a
storage room and spread to the loom section.
Fire fighters spent four hours putting out the
blaze.
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Ashulia
February
19, 2013
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Palmal
Knitwe
ar
Limited
Baroipara, Gazipur
District
February
10, 2013
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Mesbah
Textile Mill
Surichala, Gazipur
February
8, 2013
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A
factory
of the
Nisa
Group
Comilla Export
Processing Zone
February
6, 2013
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Manam
i
Fashio
ns Ltd.
Kabirpur, Ashulia
February
5, 2013
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Thread
factory
of the
Opex
and
Sinha
Textile
Kanchpur industrial
area
February
4, 2013
A fire started around 8:35 p.m. in the Biswas
Group factory in Ashulia. No injuries or
deaths were reported. Workers doused the
blaze before firefighters reached the factory,
fire sources said. The cause of the fire was
not be known.
The fire stemmed from an electric shortcircuits around 10:15 p.m. on Sunday in the
factory’s store room. Three fire-fighting
units from Savar EPZ, Kaliakair and Gazipur
controlled the fire after two hours. The fire
destroyed goods worth around Tk 2 million,
officials say. But no casualty was reported.
A fire sparked by a short circuit in the
weaving section of the Mesbah Textile Mill
broke out around 2 p.m. No injuries or deaths
were reported. Mill authorities estimate the
damage at Tk 15 million (1.50 crore).
A worker was killed and two others critically
injured when a boiler exploded at a garment
factory in the Comilla Export Processing
Zone. Mohammad Moniruzzman Mia, 35,
who worked at the water boiler of the factory
of Nisa Group, died of injuries at Comilla
Medical College Hospital. One of the
injured, factory engineer Kabir Hossain, also
was admitted to the hospital.
A fire broke out at Manami Fashion
Garments when no workers were on the job,
and no injuries or death was reported. The
fire broke out on the third floor of the fivestory factory around 3 a.m.
A fire at a thread factory of the Opex and
Sinha Textile Group in Narayanganj
destroyed a large amount of raw cotton and
damaged machinery. No injuries or deaths
were reported. The fire originated from an
electrical short circuit around 2 a.m., when
the factory was closed.
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Group
Envoy
Garme
nts Ltd.
Beron, Ashulia
February
2, 2013
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Abdull
ah
Spinnin
g Mill
Narayanganj
February
2, 2012
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Knit Asia
Limited
Purba
Narshinghapur,
Ashulia
January
30, 2013
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Smart
Export
Garment
Ltd.
Mohammedpur,
Beribadh
January
26, 2013
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Polycon
Fashion
Gazipur District
January
23, 2013
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AbontiColo BSCIC Industrial
ur Text,
Estate, Fatullah,
Unit 2, a
Narayanganj
sister org. of
the Crony
Group
January 7,
2013
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Pacific
January 5,
2013
Chittagong Export
At least 100 garment workers, mostly
women, were injured in a stampede triggered
by a fire scare over a false fire alarm. A fire
alarm rang around 8:30 a.m., moments after
the workers came on duty.As workers rushed
down the stairs, the stair railing also
collapsed. Of the injured, 56 were admitted
to hospitals and clinics.
No deaths or injuries were reported after a
fire broke out at Abdullah Spinning Mills.
Police and fire brigade sources said the fire
originated from a short circuit at unit 2
around 6 a.m. The fire, which lasted till 10
a.m., burned several units.
A fire broke out on the first floor of a multistory apparel factory of Knit Asia Limited
around 8 p.m. No injuries or deaths were
reported. Ashish Dutta, store manager of the
factory, said the fire originated from an
electric short circuit and was quickly doused
by extinguishers.
Seven workers were killed and 15 others
injured in a fire at a Smart Export Garment
Ltd. factory. The cause of the fire is
unknown. Workers say all exits at the factory
were locked. Both the collapsible gates were
locked and there were no guards. When they
finally showed up and unlocked the gates,
smoke was billowing out of the staircase.
According to sources, at the time of the fire,
about 360 workers were in the factory.
A fire broke out at a garment factory in the
Ambagh area of Konabari in the Gazipur
District. No casualties were reported.
Witnesses said the fire originated from an
unknown source at the top floor of a sevenstory sweater factory around 11 a.m.
At least 50 garment workers, mostly women
on the night shift, were injured during a
stampede that began when a fire alarm went
off around 9 p.m. As the workers tried to
rush out of the factory, the stair railing
collapsed on the fourth floor. Factory
sources said there a spark in electrical wires
caused someone set off the fire alarm.
At least 35 garment workers were injured
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Jeans Group
Processing Zone
(CEPZ)
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Olympic
Accessories
Limited
Bikabari,
Rajendrapur,
Gazipur District
December
29, 2012
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Rupa
Knitwear
Ltd.
Borobari, Gazipur
District
December
28, 2012
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Epic
Garments
Ltd.
Adamjee Export
Processing Zone,
Narayanganj
December
25, 2012
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Ananta
Knitwear
Ltd.
Ither Tex
Ltd.
Nischintpur,
Ashulia
December
23, 2012
Savar (Rana Plaza)
December
23, 2012
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Newage
Apparels
Ltd.
Nischintpur,
Ashulia
December
22, 2012
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Sagar
Garments
Ltd.
Dhaka (Uttara)
December
22, 2012
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when a fire alarm went off, causing a
stampede among at Pacific Jeans Group
factory in Chittagong. Seeing sparks from a
fluorescent tube, a worker set off the fire
alarm around 7:30 a.m.
A fire originating from an electrical short
circuit around 5 a.m. took fire fighters three
hours to extinguish. No injuries or deaths
were reported.
Witnesses said a fire erupted in a room on
the second floor of Rupa Knitwear Ltd
around 7:15 a.m. and quickly spread, burning
ready-made garments and furniture. No
injuries or deaths were reported. The cause
of the blaze is not known.
At least 15 workers, including three women,
were injured in a boiler blast at a garment
factory. Of the injured, three were sent to
Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical
condition. The blast occurred around 1:30
p.m.
At least 10 workers at Ananta Knitwear Ltd.
were injured in a stampede caused by a fire
panic.
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Forty workers were injured after a worker set
off a fire alarm. The worker set off the alarm
after seeing smoke from a light tube that
exploded at the Ither Tex factory on the fifth
floor of Rana Plaza. Workers at two other
garment factories, Phantom Apparels and
New Weave Ltd., also heard the alarm, and
some 6,000 workers rushed to escape the
building.
Five workers sustained minor injuries when
they tried to escape the Newage Apparels
Ltd. factory after a fire started near the
sewing machines. The cause of the fire is
unknown, police said.Factory workers
extinguished the fire, Ali Ahmed Khan,
deputy director of Industrial Police, told The
Daily Star.
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At least five workers were injured trying to
escape the Sagar Garments Ltd. factory after
a fire broke out. The factory is located on
eighth floor, and the fire originated from an
electrical short circuit Factory authorities
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Cotton Club
(BD) Ltd.
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Bonded
Gazipur District
Fashion Ltd. (Sharif Market in
the Sataish area of
Tongi)
December
19, 2012
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Nasa Basic
Ltd.
Jamgora, Ashulia
December
9, 2012
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Active
Composite
Mills Ltd.
Liss
Apparels
Washing
and Sand
Blasting
Industries
Ltd.
AKH
Stretch
Garment
Ashulia, Dhaka
December
6, 2012
Chittagong
December
6, 2012
Beribadh, Dhaka
December
5, 2012
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10
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Gazipur District
December
19, 2012
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NRR
Narayanganj
Fashion Ltd.
Pacific Blue Savar
Jeans
December
4, 2012
Makka
Garment
and Hosiery
Industry
Hechong
BD Ltd.
Pabna
November
30, 2012
Baraipara, Gazipur
November
30, 2012
December
3, 2012
extinguished the flames.
Six workers in the dyeing unit at the Cotton
Club Ltd. factory in the Gazipur District
were injured in a stampede fleeing the
factory after a fire broke out.
Factory management quickly extinguished
the fire.
Some 30 garment workers were injured in a
stampede when workers panicked and rushed
to escape the Bonded Fashion Ltd. factory
after hearing an electrical short circuit
explosion in the sewing section on the
factory’s fifth floor.MdShanewaz, factory
director, said no fire occurred.
Twenty workers were injured when they
rushed to escape the Nasa Basic Ltd. factory
after seeing smoke caused by an electric
spark on a tube light.
More than 50 workers were injured while
running for safety after seeing an electric
spark from a machine.
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No injuries or deaths were reported after a
boiler overheated.
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One garment worker died and 50 others were
injured after workers fled the AKH Stretch
Garment factory when sparks came out of a
tube light. The worker died after falling from
a staircase.
Five female workers sustained burns after a
boiler exploded at NRR Fashion Ltd.
Twenty-four workers were injured, some
seriously, as they ran down a narrow
stairwell, trying to escape a fire in the sewing
section on the fourth floor.
A fire broke out in a three-story warehouse.
No injuries or deaths were reported and the
cause of the fire is unknown.
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Fifteen workers were injured after running to
escape a fire on the second floor of the
Hechong BD Ltd. factory.
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Crescent
Leather Ltd.
Hemayetpur, Savar
November
29, 2012
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Vision
Apparels
Ltd.
PurbaRajeshwar,
Savar
November
29, 2012
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Concord
Garment
Mirpur, Dhaka
November
28, 2012
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East Light
Knit Ware
Ltd.
Siams
Superior
Ltd.
Section
Seven Ltd.
Elephant Road,
Dhaka
November
28, 2012
Chittagong Export
Processing Zone
(CEPZ)
Chittagong Export
Processing Zone
(CEPZ)
November
28, 2012
Al-Shahriar
Fabric Ltd.
Swan
Garments
Ltd.
Palashbari, Ashulia
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Some 16 people were injured trying to
escape a fire caused by a short circuit in an
electric motor. The factory workers
extinguished the fire with assistance from
local residents.
Some 100 workers were injured trying to
escape the Vision Apparels Ltd. factory after
hearing rumors that a spark by a fluorescent
light ignited a fire.
A fire that originated from a short circuit was
extinguished immediately by factory staff.
No injuries or deaths were reported.
10 workers were injured when alarmed
workers tried to rush out of the factory after a
boiler of the factory exploded with big bang.
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Five female workers received minor injuries
from a smoking boiler.
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Fifty garment workers, most of them women, 50
were injured while escaping the Section
Seven Ltd. garment factory after a power
generator caught fire due to a mechanical
glitch.
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no injuries or deaths were reported.
November Several workers sustained minor injuries as
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they rushed to the main staircase to escape a
factory fire at Swan Garments Ltd. The fire
originated in the warehouse of Swan
Garments Ltd. on the first floor of Afnan
Plaza at Mollartek around 9:30 a.m. and was
extinguished by noon.
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