Bangladesh factory death toll rises to 121

At least nine people have died after a blaze tore through a garment factory in Bangladesh. Source: AAP

THE death toll from a fire at a Bangladeshi clothes factory has soared to at least 121 as rescue workers recovered 112 bodies.

"We've found 112 dead bodies this morning," fire brigade director general Brigadier General Abu Nayeem Mohammad Shahidullah told AFP on Sunday, adding the toll did not include the nine initially reported killed overnight.

"We resumed our search this morning and found the bodies lying on different floors of the factory building."

Police inspector Mostofa Kamal said many workers jumped from the Dhaka factory's upper floors to escape the raging fire before firefighters arrived to put the blaze out on Saturday night.

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.

It is still unclear what caused the blaze.

In December 2010, a similar fire in another clothes factory in the same industrial zone killed at least 25 people and was caused by a wiring problem.

There are around 4500 factories in Bangladesh, employing more than two million people.

Clothes account for up to 80 per cent of Bangladesh's $US24 billion ($A23.23 billion) annual exports.

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