Fire at a gas lighter factory near Bangladesh’s capital kills 5 people

A fire broke out at a factory manufacturing gas lighters near Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday, leaving at least five people dead, authorities said.

The blaze broke out in the Kadamtali area of Keraniganj near Dhaka.

Seven firefighting units were deployed to extinguish the blaze, the fire department said. It took several hours to bring it under control.

Firefighters recovered five bodies by the evening and they couldn’t immediately be identified.