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24 year old Salma Begum broke both her legs after jumping from the fourth floor trying to escape the blaze at the factory. She is being treated at a local hospital. At least 112 people died, and more than 100 were injured at a fire at the Tazreen Fashions textile factory in Dhaka. Bangladesh's garment industry has a notoriously bad fire safety record; if the right precautions had been taken, the fire could have been prevented.
G.M.B. Akash/Panos Pictures /Felix Features 29 Nov 2012