Death toll in Bangladesh factory fire rises to 39

Update: 2016-09-26 14:54 GMT
The fire at Tampaco Foils Limited fire broke out on September 10 in Tongi.

The three bodies recovered on Monday were charred beyond recognition, the Dhaka Tribune quoted a senior police official as saying.

The reason behind the fire remains unclear as government officials claimed that the water boiler had not exploded and the fire originated from a gas leak.

The government had announced Taka 2 lakh as compensation to the deceased persons' families and Taka 1 lakh to those injured.

The factory employed around 450 workers, and some 75 persons were working when the incident took place. Many others were also critically injured in the fire 

A fire at a plastics factory last year killed 13 persons, and in 2013 more than 1,100 people died in the Rana Plaza factory collapse, the worst industrial accident in the country.

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