Three arrested in probe into Dhaka factory blaze that killed 112 workers

Local police chief Habibur 
Rahman said the trio, which do not include the owner of 
Tazreen Fashions, will be questioned about the fire amid reports that many workers trying to escape the blaze had been locked inside.

The officials were arrested yesterday at their homes in Savar, the Dhaka suburb where the factory is located. Mr Rahman did not identify the factory officials or give their job status.

Workers who survived the fire say exit doors were locked, fire extinguishers did not work and managers had told them to go back to work after the fire alarm sounded.

A fire official has said that far fewer people would have died if there had been just one emergency exit.

Meanwhile, order books and clothing found at the factory show it was making clothing for Disney Pixar, Wal-Mart, Sears and other Western brands. Clothing and records connected to the retailers were found in the factory.

Wal-Mart says the Tazreen Fashions factory was making clothes for it without its knowledge.

The American supermarket giant had received an audit deeming the factory “high risk” last year.