Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- At least 16 people were killed in a devastating fire that broke out at a garment factory and an adjacent chemical warehouse in Mirpur's Shialbari area in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Fire officials fear the death toll may rise as a search and rescue operation continues inside the burned structure.
According to fire service, all the bodies found inside the garment factory have been kept in the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and DNA test is necessary for their identities.
The fire started around 11:45 am and raged through the seven-storey 'Anwar Fashion' garment factory and contiguous tin-shed warehouse containing chemicals.
It took firefighters nearly four hours to bring the blaze under control. The cause of the fire is yet to be ...