In the panic that spread after shouts of “fire” sent workers racing out of Dhaka’s Apparel Today factory last week, 23-year-old Morzina Begum tumbled over a broken railing and bled to death. There was no fire -- it was a false alarm.
Garment workers in Bangladesh’s capital city have reason to be afraid. In the two weeks since a blaze at Tazreen Fashion Ltd. killed more than 100 people, at least eighteen smaller, non-fatal fires have broken out at garment factories around Dhaka. There have been at least 150 fires in the country this year.
