Fire Kills 112 Workers At Bangladesh Garment-Maker
Fire raced up the floors of a Bangladeshi garment factory with no emergency exits, killing at least 112 people, some of whom jumped from the eight-story building where they made clothes for major global retailers.
The factory outside the capital, Dhaka, is owned by Tazreen Fashions Ltd., a subsidiary of the Tuba Group, which makes products for Wal-Mart and other companies in the U.S. and Europe.
Firefighters recovered at least 100 bodies from the factory and 12 more people died at hospitals after jumping from the building to escape, Maj. Mohammad Mahbub, fire department operations director, told The Associated Press on Sunday. More
And where were the fire department and building inspectors? Paid off by the owners, of course, and by a lot more than the dollar-a-day employees who died for profit.
Considering WalMart posted record sales last weekend it seems unlikely America is going to develop a conscience regarding the human cost of our cheap goods.
And where were the fire department and building inspectors? Paid off by the owners, of course, and by a lot more than the dollar-a-day employees who died for profit.
ReplyDeleteThis is awful! So close to the holidays. Shortage of items will make the prices go up.
ReplyDeleteConsidering WalMart posted record sales last weekend it seems unlikely America is going to develop a conscience regarding the human cost of our cheap goods.
ReplyDelete10:45, I hope that was a stab at our buy-cheap-crap culture and not your true feelings.
ReplyDeleteReally, you really think they bother with building inspectors and fire marshals in Bangladesh?
ReplyDelete1:15 You mean those pesty regulations that hold us all back here?
ReplyDeletethis sounds a lot like the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in 1911 (New York)
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteWhere was Ali during all this?