Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her shock at the accident and ordered adequate arrangement for medical treatment of the injured. 9News
killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media reported, as efforts to extinguish the blaze continued into a second night.
At least nine firefighters were among the dead, according to Brigadier General Main Uddin, director general of the Bangladesh fire service and civil defense. More than 10 others were being treated for burns, he added. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her shock at the accident and ordered adequate arrangement for medical treatment of the injured.People carry the body of a victim after a fire broke out at the BM Inland Container Depot.
Global brands, which employ tens of thousands of low-paid workers in Bangladesh, have come under fire to improve factory conditions in recent years. In the country's massive garment industry, which employs about four million people, safety conditions have improved significantly after massive reforms, but experts say accidents could still occur if other sectors do not make similar changes.