A boiler exploded and triggered a fire at a packaging factory near Bangladesh's capital Saturday, killing at least 23 workers and injuring dozens, officials said. Television footage showed smoke billowing from the factory, with the fire engulfing part of the upper floors. Factory safety is a major concern in Bangladesh, which has thousands of garment and packaging factories that supply products to global chains like Wal-Mart and H&M. In 2012, a fire at a garment factory in a Dhaka suburb killed 112 workers. A year later, a commercial complex near Dhaka housing five garment factories collapsed, killing 1,135 people, Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 10, 2016 06:53 UTC