Bangladesh factory blaze kills 21 women

A fire raced through a sweater factory near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka overnight, killing at least 21 people and injuring dozens more, police said today.

All of the victims of last night’s fire, including 14 women, died of suffocation while being treated in hospitals or on the way there, after they were pulled from the Garib and Garib Sweater Factory in Gazipur, district Police Chief Mohammad Abdur Rashid said.