Fire fighters took several hours to bring the fire under control
A fire in a clothes factory in Bangladesh has killed at least eight people and injured dozens more.
The fire broke out late on Saturday in the nine-floor factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.
Most of the dead were killed as they jumped from the building trying to escape the flames, a police official told Reuters.
Fatal fires are common in Bangladesh’s large garment manufacturing sector.
Lax safety standards, poor wiring and overcrowding are blamed for causing several deadly factory fires every year.
It is still unclear what caused the blaze.
In December 2010, a similar fire in another clothes factory in the same industrial zone killed at least 25 people and was caused by a wiring problem.
There are around 4,500 factories in Bangladesh, employing more than two million people.
Clothes account for up to 80% of Bangladesh’s $ 24bn (£15bn) annual exports.
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