At least 10 female workers were burned alive and over 100 injured in a fire at a composite textile factory that also had a garment section in the city last night. Sources said the fire broke out at a factory of KTS, a composite textile mill of Arina Group, at BSCIC Industrial Area in Kalurghat at around 7:20pm. The fire originated from an unknown source soon engulfed the entire four-storey building. Sources and witnesses said bamboos and woods used in an under construction part of the building fuelled the blazes. Twenty fire tenders rushed to the scene and rescued around 100 victims, some of whom severely burned, with the help of locals and pedestrians.