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Title: Bangladesh factory fire victims want old jobs back
Post by: NewsCaster on Dec 03, 2012, 02:30 PM
(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121203-bangla-ratna.photoblog600.jpg)Ashraful Alam Tito / APRatna Begum survived the deadly factory fire by jumping from a fifth-story window.By The Associated PressDHAKA, Bangladesh -- As 112 of her co-workers died in a garment-factory fire, Dipa Akter got out by jumping from the third floor through a hole made by breaking apart an exhaust fan. Her left leg is wrapped in bandages and she has trouble walking.

Now she wants back in.

"If the factory owner reopens the factory sometime soon, we will work again here," the 19-year-old said. "If it's closed for long, we have to think of alternatives."

Follow @NBCNewsWorld (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) The Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory had no emergency exits. Police are continuing to question three managers suspected of locking in the workers during the fire.

Clothes from major global brands including Wal-Mart and Disney were being produced at the factory, though the companies said the plant was considered high-risk and they had ordered subcontractors not to use it in recent months.

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