At least 20 people have been killed by a fire that swept through a clothes factory near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, officials say.
At least 100 people were also hurt in the blaze, which raged for five hours before firefighters put it out.
Dhaka police said some people had been killed jumping from the 11-storey building to escape the flames.
The police said an electrical fault was the likely cause for the fire in the Ashulia industrial zone.
Rescue crews are still searching for bodies at the factory.
Home Minister Sahara Khatun told the BBC Bengali service that at least 20 people were known to have died.
But other officials gave a higher death toll.
"At least 22 people have been killed, and all of them died either jumping from the 10th floor of the building or while trying to climb down to escape the fire," said Iqbal Bahar, of Dhaka police.
'Exits locked'Bangladesh has about 4,000 garment factories that export more than $10bn (£6bn) worth of products a year, mainly to the US and Europe.
More than 10,000 people work in the huge factory complex owned by one of the country's largest exporters, the Ha-Meem Group.
Officials from the firm said many of the workers had been out at lunch when the fire started, and said the casualty figures could have been much higher.
Police sub-inspector Mostofa Chowdhury told AFP that some workers had complained that emergency exits from the building were locked.
"Some were injured in a stampede [to escape the building], some inhaled too much smoke, I saw at least six people jump from the roof," he said.
Fires caused by short circuits and sub-standard electrical wiring are common in Bangladeshi garment factories, which often have inadequate fire escapes.
Mr Iqbal said his initial investigations suggested that the fire was caused by a short circuit. BBC News
