Nurul Alam
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/ 24 February 2006

At least 51 dead in Bangladesh factory fire

At least 51 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a fire swept through a textile factory in the Bangladeshi city of Chittagong, officials said on Friday. Up to 500 people were believed to be working in the factory when the fire broke out on Thursday, and several platoons of army troops took over the rescue operation after the firefighters struggled to contain the blaze.