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TV Reports: Fire in Food Factory in Bangladesh Kills Dozens

Associated Press

   DHAKA, BANGLADESH - Bangladesh TV stations say at least 49 people have
   died in a fire that broke out at a food and beverage factory outside
   the country's capital.

   A fire service official, Russel Shikder, confirmed that a fire began
   Thursday night at the five-story Hashem Food and Beverage Ltd. factory
   in Rupganj, just outside Dhaka. He said additional details were not yet
   clear.

   Ekattor TV quoted an unidentified senior fire official as saying on
   Friday that at least 49 people had died. It said rescuers were trying
   to recover the bodies from the burned factory, which was locked from
   the inside when the fire began and had recovered 17 bodies so far.

   Details of the cause of the fire, how many people were inside the
   factory and how many were missing were not immediately available.