‘Trapped workers were begging for help’
An injured person is lying on a bed at a local hospital in Togi of Gazipur on Saturday, September 10, 2016. At least 21 workers were killed and 74 injured when a portion of a four-storey packaging factory in Tongi BSCIC industrial area collapsed following a boiler explosion. Photo: Amran Hossain
Many of the trapped workers were begging for help after a fire engulfed the plastic packaging factory in Tongi this morning, a neighbour said.
[facebook href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1110800555639812&set=p.1110800555639812&type=3&theater" width="500"][/facebook]Waving their hands through the windows of the factory, the workers were crying for help but those who were outside could not go near to the building due to huge flames, Gul Chan, a housewife, told our visiting staff correspondent in the afternoon.
A portion of a four-storey packaging factory in Tongi BSCIC industrial area of Gazipur collapsed following a boiler explosion on Saturday, September 10, 2016. At least 21 workers were killed and 74 injured in the incident. Photo: Amran Hossain
[facebook href="https://www.facebook.com/auvro.mithun/videos/pcb.10209151206876245/10209151206316231/?type=3&theater" width="500"][/facebook]The fire engulfed the four-storey building of Tampaco Foils Limited in minutes after the explosion, she said.
Around two and a half hours into the explosion, a portion of the building collapsed, she added.
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