Disaster strikes again in the Bangladesh garment industry as a fire swept through another clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, while at the same time the death toll from the collapse of another factory building two weeks ago climbed above 900.

The fire started on one of the lower floors of the 11-story building, possibly because of an electrical short circuit.  That remains under investigation.  The eight bodies were found in a stairwell, suggesting they were overcome by smoke as they tried to escape the building. 

This is the latest in a long line of garment industry disasters in Bangladesh.  In November 2012, a garment factory fire outside Dhaka killed more than 100 people.

Meanwhile, the recovery effort at the Rana Plaza collapse is getting near the end, with authorities saying they’ve found 912 bodies in the rubble.  It's now South Asia's worst industrial disaster since the Bhopal Chemical Leak of 1984.

“We've only still got to search the basement,” said Brigadier General Alam Sikder, who is leading the recovery efforts, “We've only still got to search the basement.  Most of the bodies are now like skeletons as they are so badly decomposed.”

Once that’s completed, dozers will be brought in to move the rubble away, possibly as early as today (Friday).