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A fire has broken out in a multi-storey building housing clothes-making factories in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, reports say.
A police spokesman said Monday's blaze started on the third floor of a 12-floor building, AFP reported.
There are no details on casualties and police say they do not know how many people are inside the building.
It comes two days after a blaze in another clothes factory outside the capital killed more than 100 people.
Thousands of garment workers from the Tazreen Fashion factory on Monday staged protests, demanding better protection.
They said that many people were trapped after the fire broke out late on Saturday in the building, which reportedly lacked fire exits.
Poor safety
Monday's fire broke out at the Euro-Bangla Garment factory at about 10:05 local time (04:05 GMT), officials said.
"It looks like a huge fire. Our teams have just arrived and are working to douse it," senior fire official told AFP.
Reports say that at least eight workers suffered injuries.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
Fatal fires are common in Bangladesh's large garment manufacturing sector.
Lax safety standards, poor wiring and overcrowding are blamed for causing several deadly factory fires every year.
There are around 4,500 factories in Bangladesh, employing more than two million people.
Clothes account for up to 80% of Bangladesh's $24bn (£15bn) annual exports.
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