A Bangladesh garment factory producing clothes for Wal-Mart, Disney and other major Western companies lost its fire safety certification in June, five months before a blaze killed 112 workers, fire officials said today.

The fire alarm was waved off by managers.

Thousands of Bangladeshi workers demanding justice took to the streets today as the full horror of a clothes factory blaze that killed at least 112 people emerged.

Fire raced through a garment factory that supplies major retailers in the West, killing at least 112 people, many of whom were trapped by the flames because the eight-story building lacked emergency exits, an official said yesterday.