Several days ago, when the Gaza missile action was ongoing and was the center of attention here, I raised as an example of how overlooked (by the American audience) so much of the world can be by raising the fire going on in a major slum in Bangladesh.

Sure enough:

Official: At least 100 dead in Bangladesh fire

An official says firefighters have recovered 100 bodies after a fire raced through a multi-story garment factory just outside Bangladesh’s capital.

Fire department Operations Director Maj. Mohammad Mahbub told The Associated Press that they recovered the bodies after the fire broke out late Saturday at the factory.

He says the factory, located just outside of Dhaka, was operated by Tazreen Fashions.

Many more people died in this fire than did from poorly aimed missiles raining down in Israel.

These kind of things happen all the time. What we take for granted here in the US - fire codes, on-call fire fighting and rescue - are luxuries that the poor in the world can’t afford, all the while they produce the clothes for our backs.