At least 100 killed in Bangladesh factory fire

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Hasan Raza / APBangladeshi firefighters battle a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, late Saturday.By NBC News wire servicesUpdated at 5:20 a.m. ET: DHAKA, Bangladesh -- At least 100 people were killed as a fire swept  through a garment factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital, the chief of  the fire brigade said Sunday.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld The fire at the nine-story factory in  the Ashulia industrial belt started on the ground floor late Saturday and  quickly spread, trapping hundreds of workers.

"So far, the confirmed death toll is 109, including nine who died by jumping  from the building," Mizanur Rahman, deputy director of the fire brigade, told  Reuters.

However, other sources earlier said the toll could be much higher. Abu Nayeem Mohammad  Shahidullah, director general of the fire brigade, told Reuters 120 bodies had been recovered. It was not clear if his count had been revised.




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