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| Bangladesh clothing factory hit by deadly fire | |
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| At least nine people have been killed in a fire at a clothing factory near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, emergency officials say. | |
| Local media said around 50 people had been hurt in the fire, which broke out late on Tuesday in Gazipur. | |
| It was feared the number of people killed could rise. | |
| Safety standards in Bangladesh's garment factories are notoriously poor. More than 1,100 people died in April when a factory outside Dhaka collapsed. | |
| Another 2,500 people were injured in the disaster in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of the capital, where most of the clothing industry is based. | |
| Last November, 112 workers were killed in a fire at another clothes factory in the area. | |
| The cause of the latest fire was not immediately clear but reports said it broke out at a knitting section of Aswad Composite Mills. | |
| Although most of the workers had left the building for the day, a number of people were said to have been working overtime. | |
| "So far we have recovered nine bodies from the factory," police officer Ameer Hossain told the Daily Star in Bangladesh. | |
| Clothing makes up around three-quarters of Bangladesh's total exports and the factory collapse prompted protests and calls for improved safety measures. | |
| Dozens of 70 international retailers agreed a plan last July to conduct inspections at factories from which their goods were sourced. |