Families who have already rebuilt their worlds twice now sift through the debris a third time
Around 1,500 shanties were reportedly damaged; no casualties were recorded
Fire gutted over a hundred homes, plunging already vulnerable families into devastation
Official cites jammed approaches and hose disruptions as major hurdles
Fire was contained at 10:35pm
Four fire units deployed
4 fire engines working to douse the blaze
Incident occurs amid party’s 'lockdown' programme
The fire involved a restaurant in one of the building’s upper floors
4 fire engines working to douse the blaze
Incident occurs amid party’s 'lockdown' programme
The fire involved a restaurant in one of the building’s upper floors
Eight fire engines brought the blaze under control at 7:47pm
140 people were killed in fires and 341 sustained burn injuries this year
The fire was brought under control at 11:45am and was complety doused by five firefigting units at 11:57am
Three sailors suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out following a blast on board a lighter vessel in the sea off Patenga beach late Friday night
A total of 17 shops are gutted in a fire that broke out at Sadarghat Hawkers’ Market in Old Dhaka.
A massive fire swept through Malibagh kitchen market yesterday morning, burning down some 230 shops.
Before the amber of the last one turn to ashes and forgotten memories, a new flame leaps up in another neighbourhood of the city, revealing, once again, cracks in the façade of our tilottoma.
