Thirteen people have been burnt to death as a devastating fire broke out at a plastic factory located in Nasim Plaza near the Soni Cinema Hall in the capital’s Mirpur on Saturday.
The bodies were taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue,Of them, three among them are women and rests of them are men.
Sub-Inspector of Shah Ali police station Abu Bakkar Siddique endorsed the information to the Dhaka Tribune.
However, the identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The police official said DNA test might be done for their identification.
Two security members of the market were also admitted to the hospital with severe burn injuries, said Mazabur Rahman, a security member of the market who took them to the hospital.
The injured are Kamal Hossain, 35, and Touhidul Islam, 50. They are the members of Reza Security Company, he said.
The fire broke out at the plastic factory Bangladesh Epco Limited at 5:25pm on Saturday, said the security guard.
The fire originated from the transformer blast located on ground floor of the factory, he said, adding the factory produces one time use plastic items.
Some 62 workers work in the factory in two shifts, consisting 31 workers in each shift.
On Saturday, there were some 50-60 people including officials were inside the factory. Of them, there were 12-13 women and the rest of them were men.
According to fire service control room, 15 fire service units brought the fire under control at 6:50pm.
