Bangladesh factory fire death toll soars to 121
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A firefighter tries to control a fire at a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka. A fire swept through a garment factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital on Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100, police and witnesses said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Ismat Ara identifies the body of her sister-in-law Mashrefa, a garment worker, at a hospital after a devastating fire at a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka on Nov 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Colleagues stand beside Asma, a garment worker, who was injured in a devastating fire at a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka on Nov 24, 2012. At least nine people died and over 100 were injured as a fire broke out at Tazreen Fashions in Savar on Saturday evening, police said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Firefighters try to control a fire in a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka on Nov 24, 2012. At least nine people died and over 100 were injured as a fire broke out at Tazreen Fashions in Savar on Saturday evening, police said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Firefighters try to control a fire in a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka on Nov 24, 2012. At least nine people died and over 100 were injured as a fire broke out at Tazreen Fashions in Savar on Saturday evening, police said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A firefighter tries to control a fire at a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka on Nov 24, 2012. At least nine people died and over 100 were injured as a fire broke out at Tazreen Fashions in Savar on Saturday evening, police said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A firefighter tries to control a fire at a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka on Nov 24, 2012. At least nine people died and over 100 were injured as a fire broke out at Tazreen Fashions in Savar on Saturday evening, police said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A firefighter tries to control a fire at a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka. A fire swept through a garment factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital on Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100, police and witnesses said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Ismat Ara identifies the body of her sister-in-law Mashrefa, a garment worker, at a hospital after a devastating fire at a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka on Nov 24, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Colleagues stand beside Asma, a garment worker, who was injured in a devastating fire at a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka on Nov 24, 2012. At least nine people died and over 100 were injured as a fire broke out at Tazreen Fashions in Savar on Saturday evening, police said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Firefighters try to control a fire in a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka on Nov 24, 2012. At least nine people died and over 100 were injured as a fire broke out at Tazreen Fashions in Savar on Saturday evening, police said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Firefighters try to control a fire in a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka on Nov 24, 2012. At least nine people died and over 100 were injured as a fire broke out at Tazreen Fashions in Savar on Saturday evening, police said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A firefighter tries to control a fire at a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka on Nov 24, 2012. At least nine people died and over 100 were injured as a fire broke out at Tazreen Fashions in Savar on Saturday evening, police said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A firefighter tries to control a fire at a garment factory in Savar, outskirts of Dhaka on Nov 24, 2012. At least nine people died and over 100 were injured as a fire broke out at Tazreen Fashions in Savar on Saturday evening, police said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
DHAKA (AFP) - The death toll from a fire at a Bangladeshi factory soared to at least 121 as rescue workers recovered 112 bodies on Sunday, the national fire chief told AFP.
"We've found 112 dead bodies this morning," fire brigade director general Brigadier General Abu Nayeem Mohammad Shahidullah told AFP.
"We resumed our search this morning and found the bodies lying on different floors of the factory building," he said.
The fire broke out in the ground-floor warehouse of the multi-storey Tazreen Fashion factory 30km north of Dhaka on Saturday evening, trapping hundreds of workers on the upper floors, police said.
