孟加拉國制衣廠大火死7人

大火發(fā)生在達卡米爾普爾區(qū)內的東海毛衣廠，當時大多數(shù)工人都已下班回家。

當局說，火災發(fā)生時，警方和工廠官員正在這座高11層的大樓里開會。

星期三早些時候，孟加拉國政府說，由于安全因素，他們關閉了18家制衣廠。之前在4月24日一棟容納5家制衣廠的大樓坍塌，造成的死亡人數(shù)目前已經(jīng)超過800人。

孟加拉國產(chǎn)值200億美元的紡織業(yè)占其出口總額近80%。

Officials in Bangladesh say at least seven people died in a fire in a garment factory in the capital late Wednesday.

The fire erupted in the Tung Hai Sweater Factory in Dhaka's Mirpur district after most workers had gone home.

Authorities say police and garment factory officials were holding a meeting in the 11-story building when the fire broke out.

Earlier Wednesday, the Bangladesh government said it had shut down 18 garment factories for safety reasons following the April 24 collapse of a building housing five garment factories. The death toll from that incident has risen to more than 800.

Bangladesh's $20-billion textile industry accounts for nearly 80 percent of the country's exports.