"The fire broke out at a factory in a residential area of Sahibabad around 4:30 am in the morning. A fire at a factory where leather bags were being stitched killed six workers in November 2013 in New Delhi. South Asia's lucrative garment industry has a particularly alarming safety record, with watchdogs saying safety rules are routinely flouted. A huge fire triggered by a boiler explosion at a packaging factory just north of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka left 25 people dead in September. In November 2012, at least 111 workers were killed when a devastating fire engulfed a nine-storey garment factory outside Dhaka.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 11, 2016 07:07 UTC