Bangladesh Exit doors were locked during fire.. [View all]

[Ichingcarpenter]

The Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory in a Dhaka suburb was making clothes for Wal-Mart, Sears, Disney and other major global retailers. When a fire broke out over the weekend, many of the 1,400 workers were trapped inside the eight-story building because exit doors were locked. A fire official said the death toll would have been much lower if the factory had had an emergency exit.

Police said they were interrogating three factory managers on possible negligence charges. Workers said as they tried to escape the fire they found exit doors were locked.

http://www.chron.com/default/article/Factory-owner-I-didn-t-know-fire-exits-needed-4072076.php



Sears and Disney had their products sewn there.