A relative shows a picture of a person, outside the chemical and garments factory which was gutted by a fire in Dhaka -

At least 16 people were killed Tuesday when a fire tore through a chemical and garments factory in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, officials said.

The blaze began in the factory's warehouse before spreading to a nearby multi-storey garments facility, said Tajul Islam Chowdhury, director at the Fire Service Department.

All the bodies were recovered from the garments factory, Chowdhury told reporters, confirming the toll.

Outside the factory, distraught relatives searched for loved ones. Abdur Rahman, 19, said he was looking for his brother Robin.

"I found one of his colleagues, who escaped by breaking a window. He saw my brother Robin inside," Rahman told AFP. "He didn'

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