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At least 43 people have been killed in a house fire in Bangladesh. Dozens of people were injured on Thursday evening when the fire broke out in a seven-storey building in an upmarket area of the capital Dhaka, health authorities said.
“At least 43 people died in the fire,” Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen said after visiting the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and an adjacent burn clinic.
Fire brigade representative Mohammad Shihab said the fire broke out late Thursday evening (local time) at a popular restaurant on Bailey Road and then quickly spread to the upper floors. The fire brigade had the fire under control within two hours. Some people slide through a gutter to escape the flames. Others gathered on the roof of the building and called for help. As the fire brigade announced, 75 people were rescued.
The building mainly houses restaurants and some clothing and mobile phone shops. Home and factory fires are common in Bangladesh due to lax enforcement of safety regulations. In July 2021, 52 people died in a fire at a food processing plant. In February 2019, 70 people were killed when a fire engulfed several apartment buildings in Dhaka. (SDA)
At least 43 people have been killed in a house fire in Bangladesh. Dozens of people were injured on Thursday evening when the fire broke out in a seven-storey building in an upmarket area of the capital Dhaka, health authorities said.
“At least 43 people died in the fire,” Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen said after visiting the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and an adjacent burn clinic.
Fire brigade representative Mohammad Shihab said the fire broke out late Thursday evening (local time) at a popular restaurant on Bailey Road and then quickly spread to the upper floors. The fire brigade had the fire under control within two hours. Some people slide through a gutter to escape the flames. Others gathered on the roof of the building and called for help. As the fire brigade announced, 75 people were rescued.
The building mainly houses restaurants and some clothing and mobile phone shops. House and factory fires are common in Bangladesh due to lax enforcement of safety regulations. In July 2021, 52 people died in a fire at a food processing plant. In February 2019, 70 people were killed when a fire engulfed several apartment buildings in Dhaka.
Source: Blick
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