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Bangladesh Factory Fire Kills at Least Eight

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Getty 050913 BangladeshGarmentFactoryFireAftermath?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1368118981962STR/AFP/Getty Images(DHAKA, Bangladesh) — A fire in a garment factory in Bangladesh has left at least eight people dead, including the factory’s director and a police official.

The 11-story building, containing a factory and apartments, caught fire overnight.

It was not immediately clear what sparked the blaze.

Late last month, a building collapsed near Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, killing more than 900 people. The building housed five factories before it collapsed.

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