They found Ashraful Islam, 50, and Nasir Uddin, 39, dead at SM Chemical factory on Saturday. The authorities sent the bodies to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College, said Khandaker Imam Hossain, OC of Sreepur Police Station. The Fire Service and Civil Defence took the blaze under control two and a half hours after the factory at Tepirbari caught fire on Thursday. His wife Salma Begum filed a case on Friday against the factory authorities, charging them with culpable homicide, OC Imam said. OC Imam said 20-22 workers of the factory were injured while trying to douse the fire, which started with a loud explosion.

Source: bd News24 February 13, 2021 14:03 UTC