DHAKA, July 9 (Xinhua) -- A devastating fire broke out at an eight-story ready-made garment factory building in Savar on the outskirts of Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Saturday night, a firefighter said.
The blaze at the building of Medlar Apperals Ltd started at around 9:15 p.m. (local time), Fire Service Control Room official Mahmudul Haque told Xinhua.
He said the fire that originated at the store room on the first floor of the building engulfed the whole floor swiftly.
A total of 12 fire firefighting units brought the flames under control at around 11:54 p.m. (local time), he said, adding the firemen arrived in a prompt and timely manner.
The cause of the fire at the factory could not be known immediately.
Dozens of workers were reportedly injured in a stampede of hundreds of workers fleeing the fire.
In Bangladesh, poorly constructed buildings have long been the source of successive accidents, resulting in the death of workers.
