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At slightest 9 workers were killed and 8 others injured connected Tuesday (October 14, 2025) successful a occurrence that broke retired astatine a garment mill and a chemic warehouse successful Bangladesh capital, officials said.
The devastating occurrence broke retired astatine a chemic warehouse adjacent to the garment factory, Talha Bin Jasim, an serviceman astatine the Fire Service and Civil Defence Media Wing, was quoted arsenic saying by the state-run BSS quality agency.
Nine bodies person been recovered from the archetypal and 2nd floors of the garment factory, Fire Service and Civil Defence Director (Operation and Maintenance) Lt Col Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury told reporters. "We fishy that each of them person died aft inhaling toxic gas,” Mr. Chowdhury was quoted arsenic saying by Bangla connection regular Prothom Alo.
Smoke rises from a gathering arsenic occurrence broke retired astatine a garment mill and a chemic warehouse successful Dhaka, Bangladesh, connected October 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters
He added that the occurrence was brought nether control, and firefighters are conducting searches astatine the garment factory.
“The fig mightiness spell up,” Talha Bin Jasim said.
He said they received the study of the occurrence astatine 11:40 a.m. (local time), and the archetypal squad arrived astatine the country astatine 11:56 a.m.
The 2 buildings are located broadside by broadside successful beforehand of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) successful Rupnagar, helium said.
Nine firefighting engines rushed to the spot astir 11:56 a.m. and doused the blaze successful the buildings, helium said.
Bangladesh has a past of concern disasters. Past concern tragedies person often been attributed to information lapses.
In 2021, a occurrence engulfed a nutrient and portion mill successful Bangladesh, sidesplitting astatine slightest 52 people.
In February 2019, a blaze ripped done a 400-year-old country cramped with apartments, shops and warehouses successful the oldest portion of Dhaka and killed astatine slightest 67 people.
In 2012, astir 117 workers died erstwhile they were trapped down locked exits successful a garment mill successful Dhaka.
Bangladesh's worst concern catastrophe occurred the pursuing year, erstwhile the Rana Plaza garment mill extracurricular Dhaka collapsed, sidesplitting much than 1,100 people.
Another occurrence successful Old Dhaka successful a location illegally storing chemicals killed astatine slightest 123 radical successful 2010.
