Three workers, including two women, died and 26 others were injured in a massive fire breakout at a juice factory on the outskirts of Dhaka on Thursday evening.
The fire broke out at the multi-storey building of the Shezan Juice Factory of Hashem Foods Ltd in Bhulota Karnagop area in Narayanganj around 5 p.m. 15 units fire services struggled to control it, fire service and civil defence media official M. Rayhan told IANS.
The victims have been identified by police as Swapna Rani aged 34, of Sylhet, and Mina Akter aged 33, of Rupganj while another victim man is still to be identified. The injured were sent to hospital immediately.
The firefighters rescued 12 workers who were trapped on the second and third floors of the building after the fire erupted, Upazila Chief Executive Shah Nusrat said.
The number of injuries and deaths may rise as a large number of workers were inside the factory, some injured workers told IANS.
Of the injured, 10 were sent to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and 16 were admitted to US Bangla Medical College Hospital at Rupganj.
