Here is a brief description of the latest incident of fire death of workers in Bangladesh-- compiled from several newspaper sources. Five workers died after a fire broke out at a shoe factory in old Dhaka's Shuarighat area on November 05. The fire originated at the tin-shed factory around 1 am. The deceased were asleep when the fire erupted. They could not escape before flame and smoke engulfed the factory. Eight firefighting units brought the blaze under control after two hours. A fire official assumed that they died due to inhaling toxic gas from burning of flammable materials and chemicals.