When Death Is Mere Numbers

Around 33 major fire incidents at garment factories claimed at least 500 lives between 1990 and 2012. Listed below are some of the disasters since 2000.
25 November 2000
46 killed at Chowdhury Knitwear & Garments factory in Narsingdi
1 August 2001
26 killed at a factory in the capital's Kafrul
8 August 2001
24 killed in a stampede resul-ting from a fire alarm at Maico Sweater in Mirpur, Dhaka
6 January 2005
22 killed at Shan Knitting and Processing Ltd in Narayanganj
23 February 2006
54 killed at KTS garment factory in Chittagong
25 February 2010
21 killed at Garib & Garib Sweater factory in Gazipur
14 December 2010
26 killed at a Ha-Meem Group factory in Ashulia
24 November 2012
111 killed at Tazreen Fashions in Ashulia

Source: Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies, Clean Clothes Campaign, news reports