關注社會:孟加拉國製衣廠大火死7人
Officials in Bangladesh say at least seven people died in a fire in a garment factory in the capital late Wednesday.
孟加拉國官員說，首都達卡一個製衣廠星期三晚間發生大火，導致至少7人喪生。The fire erupted in the Tung Hai Sweater Factory in Dhaka's Mirpur district after most workers had gone home.
大火發生在達卡米爾普爾區內的東海毛衣廠，當時大多數工人都已下班回家。Authorities say police and garment factory officials were holding a meeting in the 11-story building when the fire broke out.
當局說，火災發生時，警方和工廠官員正在這座高11層的大樓裏開會。
Earlier Wednesday, the Bangladesh government said it had shut down 18 garment factories for safety reasons following the April 24 collapse of a building housing five garment factories. The death toll from that incident has risen to more than 800.
星期三早些時候，孟加拉國政府說，由於安全因素，他們關閉了18家制衣廠。之前在4月24日一棟容納5家制衣廠的大樓坍塌，造成的死亡人數目前已經超過800人。Bangladesh's $20-billion textile industry accounts for nearly 80 percent of the country's exports.
孟加拉國產值200億美元的紡織業佔其出口總額近80%。
