Banani Fire in Dhaka

The blaze at 22-storey FR Tower raged for 6 hours; death toll feared to rise; at least 6 fell to their death; around 100 injured

Banani Fire Kills 19

At least 19 people were killed and around 100 others injured as a deadly fire tore through 22-storey FR Tower in the capital's Banani area yesterday.

A city where spectre of fire looms

Only 129 of 3,786 establishments in Dhaka city surveyed by the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters in 2017 were not classified as “Risky” or “Extremely Risky”.

March 29, 2019
March 29, 2019
Only two ways to escape

A city where spectre of fire looms

Only 129 of 3,786 establishments in Dhaka city surveyed by the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters in 2017 were not classified as “Risky” or “Extremely Risky”.

March 29, 2019
March 29, 2019
The blaze at 22-storey FR Tower raged for 6 hours; death toll feared to rise; at least 6 fell to their death; around 100 injured

Banani Fire Kills 19

At least 19 people were killed and around 100 others injured as a deadly fire tore through 22-storey FR Tower in the capital's Banani area yesterday.