Dhaka, Dec 12 (UNI) About 11 people were killed and more than 30 injured in a fire at a factory in central Bangladesh, media reported on Thursday.
The bdnews24 website said that the fire occurred at 1145 hrs (GMT) on Wednesday at a plastic factory in the town of Keraniganj, located close to the capital of Dhaka. A total of 10 firefighting units doused the blaze after almost two hours of frantic effort.
A total of 32 people were in need of treatment and were transferred to a nearby hospital.
The factory had also caught fire earlier in February.
The officials could not yet say what caused the incident at a factory that produced products for one-time use and was operating without a proper license, according to Nasrul Hamid, the State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral resources, who visited the burning site this morning.
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