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Saturday, May 18, 2013 | 7:42 a.m.

Scores Dead in Bangladesh Factory Fire

Scenes of disaster in Bangladesh, where more than 100 people died as a fire swept through a garment factory. The blaze began on Saturday (November 24) night, on the ground floor of this factory at an industrial estate near the capital. It quickly spread through the nine-story building, trapping hundreds of workers - most of whom were women. The recovered bodies were taken to a makeshift morgue nearby.
 
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