Solidarity Center report: Three Months After Tazreen Fire, More Fires, More Deaths in Bangladesh

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Three months after at least 112 Bangladeshi garment workers died in the Tazreen Fashion factory fire, at least 37 fire and fire-related incidents have occurred in garment factories, according to data compiled by Solidarity Center staff in Bangladesh. Nine more people have lost their lives at work and more than 650 garment workers have been injured. The Solidarity Center in the capital, Dhaka, has received reports that underage workers were injured at one factory fire incident. Read more at the Solidarity Center. - photo: the Tazreen Fashion factory, where at least 112 workers died in multi-story fire; photo: OSHE