Bangladesh factory fire thought to be started deliberately
A fire at a Bangladesh clothes factory that killed 112 people is now thought to have been started deliberately.
A Bangladesh government committee has confirmed that the fire which broke out on 24th November, is now being treated as suspicious and is thought to have been started deliberately by someone at the factory.
Regardless of how the fire started, the committee agree that the owner of the factory should also be punished for the deaths because he neglected to take the safety of his workers into consideration.
Mainuddin Khandaker a Ministry of Home Affairs official said: “If someone is responsible for such a huge number of deaths, that’s him. He has failed to ensure safety. We can’t spare the owner of the factory. He is responsible for his failure to ensure safety. I have recommended specifically to bring the owner under the purview of law.”
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