In pictures: Tongi factory fire
The devastating fire originated following a boiler explosion at the plastic packaging factory Tampaco Foils Limited in Tongi of Gazipur on Saturday morning. Photo: STAR/Amran Hossain
Atleast 24 people were killed, and dozens other injured in a devastating fire that broke out in a plastic factory at Tongi industrial area in Gazipur today. Here are a few glimpses of the incident and its immediate aftermath.
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Thick black smoke is coming out after a fire broke out in Tampaco Foils Limited , a plastic packaging factory in Tongi of Gazipur on Saturday morning. Photo; STAR/Amran Hossain
Locals and workers are trying to douse the flames that originated at Tampaco Foils Limited following a boiler explosion on Saturday morning. Photo: STAR/Amran Hossain
Part of the building collapsed following the explosion of the boiler of Tampaco Foils Limited. It is the biggest industrial disaster after the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster. Photo: Star/Amran Hossain
Firefighters were trying to douse the flames which have spread all across Tampaco Foils Limited, a plastic packaging company in Tongi industrial area in Gazipur. Photo; STAR/Amran Hossain
Families of the victims were seen waiting outside the morgue of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital to identify the bodies. Photo: STAR/Amran Hossain.
A woman broke down in tears after she was informed that a member of her family has been critically injured in the devastating fire at the Tongi factory which broke out on Saturday morning. Photo: STAR/Amran Hossain.
Victims were rescued and admitted to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) after a devastating fire broke out in Tampaco Foils Limited, a plastic packaging factory in Tongi industrial area in Gazipur on Saturday morning. Photo: Shaheen Mollah
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