Staff Reporter :
Six more bodies were recovered from the fire ravaged Tampaco Foils Ltd in Tongi on Sunday evening, raising the death toll to 31 with many more missing.
Firefighters recovered the charred bodies after taming the blaze around 5:00pm, nearly 36 hours after the factory was engulfed in flames.
Eleven people still remain missing since the fire at the factory on Saturday that left 25 people dead, mostly workers, and 100 injured.
Gazipur district administration announced the missing list based on information taken from the relatives of missing persons at 3:00pm on Sunday.
The missing people are: Ismail Hossain, 45, son of Montaz Ali of Purba Gopalpur village of Gazipur Sadar, Rahat Hossain Murad, 19, son of Abu Taher of Shibpur village, Ramganj upazila of Lakshmipur, Sree Rajesh Babu, 22, son of Paritosh Babu of Himardighi village (Monnunagar) of Tongi, Zahirul Islam, 37, son of Abul Hossain of Fulki village, Mirzapur of Tangail, Anisur Rahman, 30, son of Sultan Gazi of Gopalpur village, Tongi, Nasir Uddin Patwari, 40, son of Yunus Patwari of Tegaria village of Kachua in Chandpur, Masum Ahmed, 30, son of Tofazzal Hossain of Naiki village of Muradnagar in Comilla, Rafiqul Islam, 40, son of Abbas Ali of Mesara village of Hossainpur upazila in Kishoreganj and Kazim Uddin, 36, son of Abdul Khaleque of Champur village of Magura Sadar upazila.
Identities of two other missing persons could not be known immediately.
Meanwhile, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Sunday said that the government would take punitive measures against those who are responsible for Saturday’s factory fire.
“Necessary action will be taken if anyone’s negligence is found behind the incident,” the Minister said while talking to reporters after visiting the factory in Tongi BSCIC industrial area in the morning.
He also said the government will provide all necessary assistance to the victims’ families.
The government on Saturday announced that it would give Tk 200,000 to each of the families of the workers killed in the accident.
The families of the workers injured in the incident will also get a maximum of Tk 100,000 each, said officials of the Ministry for Labour and Employment.
