IDEA 2012 July Ahmedabad India A food processing facility was shut down after a fire The facility located on 55 acres 22 hectares of land had only been put into service in April It had contracts with 10 000 farmers 2012 June Amritsar India A major fire at a paper mill required the presence of fire engines to extinguish as well as assistance from the armed forces The fire covered eight of the 100 acres three of the 40 hectares at the facility which at the time housed 70 000 tons 64 000 tonnes of newsprint The fire took more than two days to fully extinguish The same facility suffered a similar though less extensive fire in 2015 2012 September Lahore Pakistan A shoe component factory set up in a residential structure with a single entrance caught fire killing approxi mately 25 people including the owner and injuring many others According to reports the blaze likely started with an electrical problem in a generator and quickly spread to several drums containing inflammable chemicals The facility was completely destroyed 2012 July Gujarat India A Kadi manufacturing facility experienced a major fire which put unit number 2 out of service at the site There were no injuries 2013 October Sripur north of Dhaka Bangladesh A fire at a textile mill killed at least seven workers A cause for the blaze was not determined 2012 November Dhaka Bangla desh A garment factory caught fire Some theories have blamed an electri cal failure at the plant others suggest arson as the culprit Either way more than 100 died in the nine story building and the fire raged for approximately 17 hours 2012 September Karachi Paki stan A fire at a textile factory a facility reportedly packed with inflammable materials raged for 15 hours killing hundreds of workers many of whom were locked in the structure and unable to escape 2012 November Dhaka Bangladesh2013 October Sripur Bangladesh ISSUE 1 2017 REASON 23

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