PM takes responsibility for families of Keraniganj fire victims: Health minister

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has taken
responsibility for the families of those killed and injured in a fire at a
gas-lighter manufacturing factory in Kadamtali, Keraniganj.
Health and Family
Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain said this while visiting the place
of occurrence.
He said the
factory owner and others responsible will be brought under legal action.
The minister said the Prime Minister will
be informed so that unsafe and hazardous factories are not allowed to operate
in densely populated areas.
Arrangements have
been made for the treatment of the injured, he said.
According to the
Fire Service control room, they received information about the fire at 1:13pm
at the Kadamtali gas lighter manufacturing factory.
So far, five
bodies have been recovered from the site, but their identities have not yet
been confirmed.
One injured person has been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Earlier, seven units of the Fire Service brought the fire under control after
about one hour and fifteen minutes of frantic effort.
















