Bangladesh: Chawk Bazar Fire Tragedy by Md. Rakibul Hasan
Till now at least 70 people have been killed in a massive fire that has engulfed several multi-storey buildings at Nanda Kumar Lane in Chawkbazar’s Churihatta area of Old Dhaka. Almost at 10.00am Thursday, Dhaka Fire Service Control room official Mizanur confirmed the death of 70 people to the press.
The devastating fire first started on a three-storey building situated at the intersection of roads leading to Rahmatganj, Churihatta and Chawkbazar areas around 10:35pm on Wednesday because of massive blast of car gas cylinders and later on it was increased on the building because of the chemical products of body spray on the building.