20130105 Bangladesh 35 hurt in CEPZ fire panic
Bangladesh Jan 04 2013 “Building” “Factories”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured more than 10
35 hurt in CEPZ fire panic
Updated: 2013-01-05
RMG workers go berserk over death rumour in Gazipur
At least 35 people were injured when panic-stricken employees of a garment factory in Chittagong Export Processing Zone ran for their lives fearing fire at the factory Saturday morning.
Tabu Taslim, director of Bepza Hospital, said sparks from a tube light triggered panic among the workers of Pacific Jeans 2000 Limited around 7:30am.
At least 35 people were injured when the workers tried to escape to safety fearing fire at the factory, reports our Chittagong correspondent quoting the hospital director.
Among the injured, seven workers were sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital while the rest received first aid at the Bepza Hospital.
UNB adds: Garment workers flew into a rage in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur on Saturday morning following death rumour of one of their fellow worker in a road crash.
The rowdy workers blocked Dhaka-Tangail Highway for two hours in Telirchala area of the upazila and vandalised a number of vehicles and torched a bus, causing immense suffering to commuters.
Witnesses said Saiful Islam, a worker of ATS Apparels Limited, received severe injuries as a speedy bus hit him near his factory at about 8:30am while he was crossing the road.
He was taken to a local hospital.
As a rumour spread that Saiful succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, his fellow workers from the factory came out of their unit and blocked the highway.
However, the road blockade was withdrawn following police intervention around10:30am.
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