20160525 Bangladesh Seven workers injured in fire at Meghna Group factory
Bangladesh May 25 2016 “Factories”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured 1 to 9
Seven workers injured in fire at Meghna Group factory
Updated: 2016-05-25-21:15
At least seven people have been injured in a fire at a Meghna Group factory in Sonargaon, Narayanganj.
The fire started at the factory’s Fresh Soybean Oil processing unit around 5:30pm Wednesday.
The seven injured workers had been taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Narayanganj Additional Superintendent of Police Md Zakaria.
Four of them had jumped into the Megna River which flows alongside the factory. They were rescued and sent to the hospital, said Sonargaon Police Station OC Monjul Kader.
Meghna Group officials have refused to speak on the incident. Reporters were not allowed inside the factory after the fire.
Web Source: The Nation
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