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.

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The fire erupted in the Tung Hai Sweater Factory in Dhaka's Mirpur district after most workers had gone home.

Authorities say police and garment factory officials were holding a meeting in the 11-story building when the fire broke out.

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.

Bangladesh's $20-billion textile industry accounts for nearly 80 percent of the country's exports.孟加拉國官員説，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。

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。

當局説，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。

星期三早些時候，孟加拉國政府説，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。

孟加拉國產值200億美元的紡織業佔其出口總額近80%。