DHAKA, Bangladesh—In the latest blow to Bangladesh’s garment industry, seven workers died Saturday after a fire swept through a factory here not long after seamstresses had returned from a lunch break. Workers said supervisors had locked one of the factory exits, forcing some people to jump out of windows to save their lives.
SPARTANBURG, SC—No one was hurt Thursday night after a fire broke out at the BMW assembly plant here. The fire began in the roof section of the X3 assembly warehouse.
