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Dispatches Wide Shot
INTERNATIONAL
BANGLADESH BLAZE
Another large-loss-of-life factory fire continues
the country's poor record of industrial safety
In July, more than 50 people died and dozens
more were injured when a fire tore through a
food and beverage processing factory near the
capital city of Dhaka in Bangladesh. According
to authorities, at least 16 children were included
among the fatalities.
The blaze was the third deadly industrial
incident to befall Bangladesh in the past six
months, and continues the country's poor
record of industrial safety, where fires, building
collapses, and other disasters routinely claim
lives. The worst of these incidents came in 2013
when a garment factory collapsed outside of
Dhaka, killing more than 1,000 people.
" There's an enforcement gap " in the country,
said Raymond Bizal, director of Regional Operations
at NFPA. " Often there is no fire safety plan
review or inspection during construction, no
code training for building designers, no certificate
of occupancy, no fire code at all. "
In 2015, Bizal was part of an NFPA delegation
that visited Bangladesh to work with officials
there on improving fire safety at garment factories.
While some progress was made, Bizal said,
much more needs to be done, especially as the
country's industrial operations continue to grow.
In the recent fire, officials said workers were
trapped inside the burning building by an illegally
locked door, according to the Associated
Press. A spokesman for the company that operated
the factory denied culpability, telling AP,
" We are a reputed company. We maintain rules. "
A few days later, eight members of the company
were charged in the workers' deaths. -A.V.
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