The demise toll in a garment manufacturing facility hearth in Bangladesh has risen to 16, Hearth Officers stated on Tuesday.
“We now have discovered 16 our bodies thus far. Most of them have been recovered”, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury, Director hearth service (Operations and Upkeep) advised the reporters.
The fireplace broke out at a garment manufacturing facility and chemical warehouse in Rupnagar, Dhaka, on Tuesday. Twelve models of the hearth service labored to extinguish the hearth and produce the blaze below management within the garment part.
“We’re utilizing unmanned know-how, together with drones, in chemical part hearth management and rescue operations,” he added.
“Most people died on account of poisonous gasoline inhalation. DNA checks will likely be carried out to determine the our bodies,” Chowdhury stated.
Garment is Bangladesh’s essential export sector and there’s big employment within the sector.
Earlier, the demise toll stood at 9 within the hearth on the garment manufacturing facility. A number of folks have additionally been burned within the incident.
Hearth Service Director Lieutenant Colonel (Operations and Upkeep) Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury stated that 9 our bodies have been recovered from the second ground of the burning garment manufacturing facility.
“12 models of the hearth service are working to manage the hearth”, he advised the reporters with out elaborating.
Bangladesh Hearth Service and Civil Defence stated in its Fb publish, “14/10/2025 Khri: Mirpur chemical hearth accident. Time: 11/40 hrs. Time of receiving information: 11/40 hrs. Time to succeed in the spot: 11/56 hrs. Location of incident: Kasmik Pharma, Shialbari, Roopnagar, Mirpur, Dhaka. In entrance of UTII College. Distance from the station to the incident website: 2km. Incident: Hearth at Clothes and Chemical Godown. Operation: 12 models engaged on hearth. The director gave a press briefing from the accident website. Colonel Mohammad Tajul Islam Choudhary, SGP, PSC. He stated, our bodies of 9 folks have been recovered from the spot. Hearth extinguishing, search and rescue operations underway.”
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On info, seven firefighting models rushed to the spot and have been working to deliver the blaze below management. Additional particulars relating to the reason for the hearth and the identities of the victims couldn’t be identified instantly, The Dhaka Tribune said in its report.