What the records say
- When
- 6 Jan 2005
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 23.65° N, 90.50° E
- Description
- fire in Narayanganj, Bangladesh
- Deaths
- 22
- Injured
- 50
2005 Narayanganj garment factory fire
Fire in Narayanganj, Bangladesh
The 2005 Narayanganj garment factory fire broke out on the night of 6 January 2005, in the Shaan Knitting and Processing Limited factory in the Siddhirganj of Narayanganj, Bangladesh. An electrical short circuit on the first floor trapped over 250 night-shift workers inside the four-story facility after management locked the primary exit doors and emergency escapes.
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