25 die in packaging factory explosion in Bangladesh
At least 25 people have been killed and 70 others injured in a boiler explosion at a packaging factory in central Bangladesh.
The early Saturday blast took place at Tempako Packaging Factory in Gazipur District, just north of the capital Dhaka.
Medical resident Parvez Mia said most of the victims "had burn injuries."
"We sent the critically injured victims to the hospitals in Dhaka."
Police Inspector Sirajul Islam warned, "The toll will go up as the fire is still not under control."
"The fire broke out in the morning just when work was about to start," said Gazipur Fire Service and Civil Defense Deputy Assistant Director Akhtaruzzaman.
Trying to explain why the blaze spread so fast, Tahmidul Islam of Bangladesh's Industrial Police Unit said chemicals may have been stored on the ground floor of the factory.
About 100 people were working at the four-storey factory when the incident happened.
More than 1,100 workers died in a 2013 building collapse that ranks as the country's worst industrial disaster.
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