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Wal-Mart distances itself from fire in Bangladesh

A weekend, Bangladesh dhaka (AP) - bangladeshi enterprise, fire has killed at least 112 people wal-mart clothes, not the United States large retailers knowledge, wal-mart said.
Wal-mart said, "Tazreen fashion co., LTD., factory production of goods, no longer authorized wal-mart suppliers, the sub-contract works" direct violation of our policy. "
"Today, we have terminated the relationships with suppliers," the largest retailer in the United States, said in a statement Monday. "In fact, this happens is very disturb us, we will continue to work hard to improve the whole garment industry in Bangladesh's fire safety education and training.
Saturday's flame is the most deadly fire, one of a garment factory in Bangladesh, and mainly introduces the national clothing factory often ignore safety in busy in the United States and Europe to provide major retailers. In the past six years, in the south Asian countries of the clothing factory fire more than 300 people have died.
The survivors of the weekend fire said, exit door is locked, fire extinguisher without work, obviously exist just to leave deep impression inspectors, and, in case of a fire, alarm rang, and the boss told workers return to their own sewing machine. People were stranded, from eight storeys high, have an emergency exit, or jump to their deaths.
On Tuesday, Bangladesh flag flying in all government buildings half-staff for national mourning for the dead. The country's enterprise also will be closed, the government announced that the national mourning ", for those who died in the fire.
The government says, pray, across the country to provide places of worship.
On Monday, about 15000 bangladeshi workers protest in the outskirts of dhaka savart from being damaged buildings block for the victims of justice and improved security. Protests after the outbreak of the second day, about 200 factories were shut down. The demonstrators blocked a major highway in factory throwing stones, and hit bad vehicles.
Labor leaders hope in the latest disaster will prompt change of anger. Tower mena rahman said, Bangladesh clothing workers of the secretary general, the government needs to do more to punish the factory security bloomer.
"The owner at large, so they don't care about installation enough safety facilities," she said. "The owner be to blame, and sent to prison."
Wal-mart did not say, why it gave up Tazreen factory. But in 2012 the global responsibility report, wal-mart says it stops working, 49 factories in Bangladesh in 2011, because the fire safety problems. Online records show that the said Tazreen factory are endowed with "high risk" safety level examination, in May, 2011 and August 2011 "medium risk" investment rating.
For more fire occurs less than a day, wal-mart said, can't confirm whether in business Tazreen, this is the T-shirt and polo unlined upper garment. Uncertainty, and explains how to in the United States and the major European retailers rely on a highly complex chain, in order to keep their shelves put foreign producers and middlemen.
Tazreen fashionable diagram drawing group's subsidiary company, main Bangladesh garment exporter, its customers including wal-mart, carrefour, ikea, according to its web site. The factory to provide clothing to the United States, Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands and other countries. Tazreen factory opened for business in 2009, and employs about 1700 people.
Tazreen also not large group officials for comment.
Major muhammad Mach cloth ekron, fire department director of operations, said investigators suspect short circuit caused by the fire.
But Bangladesh clothing manufacturing and exporters association urged investigation, do not eliminate failure.
"Local and international brewers is trying to destroy our clothing industry, islamic association Shafiul Mohiuddin said." He did not provide details.
The police said Tuesday that they questioned the woman who allegedly tried to set fire last Sunday in the area of another factory, in the future Tazreen factory fire.
Local police chief Habibur rahman said, this woman said she was gave money, a person assisted.
"We have arrested the man, and said:" rahman. "We are trying to find out, if there are any contact Tazreen factory fire."
Government survey Mainuddin saka said they would not rule out failure.
, "the saka lncineration plant after the visit said:" we are looking for to all the possibilities, including failure.
Mach cloth by said, this is the lack of safety measures, construction so deadly flame. "Through the factory outside have at least one emergency exit, casualties was much lower," he said.
And he said, firefighters from the factory and 12 more people from building died in the hospital after the jump back at least 100 bodies. Local media reported that about 100 people were injured in the hospital.
The government is unable to identify victims, because they are burned beyond recognition, they were buried in the grave master.
Muhammad lining said, he tried to went out of the building, the fire alarm rang, but stop running.
"The manager told us," nothing happened. Fire alarm just stepped out. Get back to work, "lining said." But soon we understand that there was a fire. We ran the exit, we found that it was locked from overseas, it was too late. "
Lining said, he jumped from the second floor window, were lightly injured.
Another kind of workers, Yeamin, using only one name, in the factory fire extinguisher without work, and "mean just impress buyers or license".
Bangladesh has about 4000 a clothing factory. The country's income of about $2 billion a year clothing export, mainly exported to the United States and Europe.
Bangladesh clothing manufacturing and exporters association says it will stand in the families of the victims and provide 1250 to each of the families of the victims.




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