Around 3,000 homeless as fire guts Bangladesh slum; no casualties reported as residents were away celebrating Eid, say officials
5 years, 4 months ago

Around 3,000 homeless as fire guts Bangladesh slum; no casualties reported as residents were away celebrating Eid, say officials

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About 3,000 people in Bangladesh were left homeless after a massive fire consumed several hundred shanties in a slum on the northern outskirts of the capital city of Dhaka Dhaka: About 3,000 people in Bangladesh were left homeless after a massive fire consumed several hundred shanties in a slum on the northern outskirts of the capital city of Dhaka, government officials said on Sunday. Video footage showed heavy plumes of smoke billowing all around the slum area, just a few kilometres from the country’s main cricket stadium. Fire officials scrambled to get access to enough water and struggled for three hours to douse the flames, said Anwar Hossain, senior station manager of Mirpur fire station. “According to our investigation committee 1,200 shanties were damaged and out of this 750 shanties burnt totally,” said Enamur Rahman, a junior minister for Disaster Management and Relief.

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Fire breaks out at a slum in Kolkata's New Alipore
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Fire breaks out at a slum in Kolkata's New Alipore

India Today  

A fire broke out at a slum in the New Alipore area of Kolkata on Saturday. Locals feared that the fire may spread quickly due to the abundance of flammable materials in the slum area. Army personnel from a nearby camp located in New Alipore also reached the spot to aid firefighting efforts. Meanwhile, West Bengal minister Aroop Biswas and …

Scores killed and alert issued as Bangladesh anti-quota protesters set fire to state TV headquarters
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Scores killed and alert issued as Bangladesh anti-quota protesters set fire to state TV headquarters

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Thousands of protesters stormed the headquarters of the state …

Bangladesh: Three arrested in connection with Dhaka fire that killed 46 people
10 months, 1 week ago

Bangladesh: Three arrested in connection with Dhaka fire that killed 46 people

India TV News  

Dhaka: Bangladesh police have arrested three persons, including two owners of a restaurant, in connection with the massive fire that broke out at a shopping mall in the capital late on Thursday, claiming the lives of 46 people. Two owners of an eatery called Chumuk and the manager of Kacchi Bhai restaurant were arrested on Friday, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Additional …

Bangladeshi leader says a shopping mall that caught fire had no emergency exits. Death toll climbs
10 months, 1 week ago

Bangladeshi leader says a shopping mall that caught fire had no emergency exits. Death toll climbs

Associated Press  

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A six-story shopping mall that caught fire in the Bangladeshi capital had no fire exits, the country’s prime minister said Friday, as the death toll climbed to at least 46 and rescuers searched for more victims. The fire started late Thursday in a restaurant on the first floor of the Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall in downtown …

Bangladesh: 46 killed, many injured after fire breaks out at building in Dhaka | VIDEO
10 months, 1 week ago

Bangladesh: 46 killed, many injured after fire breaks out at building in Dhaka | VIDEO

India TV News  

In a devastating incident, a fire erupted at a six-story shopping mall in the heart of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, resulting in the loss of at least 46 lives and leaving numerous others injured. Late Thursday night, flames engulfed the Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall, located in Dhaka's bustling downtown area. The fire, which reportedly originated in a …

Bangladesh Rohingya Refugee Camp Fire ‘Planned And Purposeful Act Of Sabotage’: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Bangladesh Rohingya Refugee Camp Fire ‘Planned And Purposeful Act Of Sabotage’: Report

ABP News  

Bangladesh authorities who were investigating the fire that gutted Rohingya camp in Kutupalong last week said the blaze was a “planned and purposeful act of sabotage”, reported BBC. The fire on March 5 had left 15,000 Rohingya refugees homeless and gutted some 2,800 shelters. According to Bangladesh's refugee commissioner, Mijanur Rahman, the fire that broke out last week at Bangladesh’s …

Building explosion in Bangladeshi capital kills at least 14, injures dozens
1 year, 10 months ago

Building explosion in Bangladeshi capital kills at least 14, injures dozens

LA Times  

Fire officials carry the body of a victim of an explosion in a seven-story commercial building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Tuesday. An explosion in a seven-story commercial building in Bangladesh’s capital on Tuesday killed at least 14 people and injured dozens, officials said. The explosion occurred in Gulistan, a busy commercial area of Dhaka, but more details could not immediately …

Bangladesh: Explosion rocks seven-storey building in Dhaka; 16 killed, over 100 injured
1 year, 10 months ago

Bangladesh: Explosion rocks seven-storey building in Dhaka; 16 killed, over 100 injured

India TV News  

Bangladesh: An explosion at a seven-storey building claimed at least 16 lives in Dhaka. As per reports, over 100 others have been reported injured and were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Cause of the explosion could not be known Several firefighting units were rushed to the spot after the blast, which occurred around 4:50 pm, the bdnews24 news portal …

Fire ravages Rohingya camp in Bangladesh; thousands homeless
1 year, 10 months ago

Fire ravages Rohingya camp in Bangladesh; thousands homeless

Hindustan Times  

Fire ravages Rohingya camp in Bangladesh; thousands homeless A deadly fire destroyed 2,000 shelters at a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh on March 6, leaving around 12,000 people homeless, according to official estimates. The fire, which broke out on Sunday afternoon at one of the camps of the world's largest refugee settlements- Kutupalong, rapidly engulfed bamboo and tarpaulin shelters …

12,000 People Left Homeless After Fire at Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh
1 year, 10 months ago

12,000 People Left Homeless After Fire at Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh

News 18  

A fire destroyed 2,000 shelters at a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, leaving around 12,000 people homeless, an official said. The fire broke out around 2:45 pm at camp number 11 in Kutupalong, one of the world’s largest refugee settlements, and rapidly engulfed the bamboo-and-tarpaulin shelters, Mijanur Rahman, Bangladesh’s refugee commissioner, told AFP. A Bangladesh defence ministry …

6 charred to death in factory fire in Bangladesh's Dhaka
2 years, 4 months ago

6 charred to death in factory fire in Bangladesh's Dhaka

India Today  

A total of six people were charred to death in a fire that broke out at a plastic factory in Bangladesh's capital city, Dhaka, on Monday. Zillu Rahman, Director of Fire Service and Civil Defences Central UNI, confirmed the matter to India Today. The fire service officials said that the fire originated around 12:30 pm from a cylinder of Barisal …

Fire at Bangladesh Rohingya camp kills boy, leaves 2,000 homeless
2 years, 10 months ago

Fire at Bangladesh Rohingya camp kills boy, leaves 2,000 homeless

Al Jazeera  

Sixth fire this year at the world’s biggest refugee camp kills a six-year-old boy and destroys 300 homes. A blaze has swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, killing a six-year-old boy and leaving about 2,000 people homeless in the sixth fire this year to hit the world’s largest refugee camp, officials and witnesses said. “The risk of …

Opinion | Why Hindu homes are being set on fire, temple vandalised again in Bangladesh?
3 years, 2 months ago

Opinion | Why Hindu homes are being set on fire, temple vandalised again in Bangladesh?

India TV News  

A sense of fear and gloom has gripped nearly 1.5 crore Hindus living in Bangladesh, after a 200-strong mob went on a rampage in a Hindu locality in Rangpur on Sunday night, setting fire to 29 houses, belonging to Hindu fishermen. The attacks on Hindus intensified after mobs vandalized Durga puja pandals and Hindu temples after a fake rumour was …

Dozens killed in Bangladesh factory fire
3 years, 6 months ago

Dozens killed in Bangladesh factory fire

The Hindu  

A food processing factory in Bangladesh was still in flames on July 9, nearly 24 hours after a fire broke out, according to media reports. The death toll rose sharply after firefighters started recovering dozens of bodies of trapped workers from the factory's upper floors. Some of the injured workers jumped from the factory's roof to escape the blaze, police …

3 workers killed, 26 injured in massive fire in Bangladesh factory
3 years, 6 months ago

3 workers killed, 26 injured in massive fire in Bangladesh factory

India TV News  

At least three workers, including two women, died and 26 others were injured in massive fire at a juice factory on the outskirts of Dhaka on Thursday evening, officials said. The fire broke out at the multi-storey building of the Shezan Juice Factory of Hashem Foods Ltd in Bhulota Karnagop area in Narayanganj around 5 p.m. and 15 units of …

A Fire Engulfed A Bangladesh Food Factory, Killing 52 People
3 years, 6 months ago

A Fire Engulfed A Bangladesh Food Factory, Killing 52 People

NPR  

A Fire Engulfed A Bangladesh Food Factory, Killing 52 People DHAKA, Bangladesh — At least 52 people died in a huge blaze that engulfed a food and beverage factory outside Bangladesh's capital, fire officials said Friday, in the latest industrial disaster to hit the South Asian nation. The blaze began Thursday night at the five-story Hashem Food and Beverage Ltd. …

Thousands of Rohingya homes burn as fire sweeps Bangladesh camps
3 years, 9 months ago

Thousands of Rohingya homes burn as fire sweeps Bangladesh camps

Al Jazeera  

A huge blaze that ripped through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh has forced at least 50,000 people to flee and left seven people dead, officials and aid workers said, in the biggest fire to hit the shanty settlement to date. Firefighters brought the blaze under control around midnight, with the Refugees International saying at least 50,000 people fled …

50 Shanties Gutted in 2 Fire Incidents in Bengal on Diwali Day
4 years, 1 month ago

50 Shanties Gutted in 2 Fire Incidents in Bengal on Diwali Day

News 18  

Around 50 shanties in New Town area near Kolkata and Purba Bardhaman district were gutted in two incidents of fire on the day of Kali puja and Diwali on Saturday, officials said. Three persons were injured in the blaze at a village in Purba Bardhaman while no casualty was reported in the fire that broke out at Gauranga Nagar locality …

11 dead after 6 air conditioners explode in Bangladesh mosque
4 years, 4 months ago

11 dead after 6 air conditioners explode in Bangladesh mosque

India Today  

At least 11 people were reported dead on Saturday after six air-conditioners exploded at a mosque in Narayanganj's Fatullah in Bangladesh. At least 50 Muslim worshippers sustained burn injuries in the explosions that happened around 9 pm on Friday, Dhaka Tribune reported. "None of the hospitalised after the incident is out of danger yet," Samanta Lal Sen, coordinator of Dhaka …

Bangladesh: 5 killed in massive fire at Dhaka hospital's COVID-19 unit
4 years, 7 months ago

Bangladesh: 5 killed in massive fire at Dhaka hospital's COVID-19 unit

India TV News  

At least five people, including a woman, were killed as a major fire broke out Wednesday at the COVID-19 unit of a health facility in Bangladesh’s post Gulshan market area, a senior official said. SM Kamruzzama, the police station-in-charge of the Gulshan area, said the fire broke out at the corona isolation unit of the hospital on the ground floor. …

10,000 homeless after fire razes Bangladesh slum
5 years, 4 months ago

10,000 homeless after fire razes Bangladesh slum

Live Mint  

Dhaka: At least 10,000 people are homeless after a massive fire swept through a crowded slum in the Bangladesh capital and destroyed thousands of shanties, officials said Sunday. The fire broke out in Dhaka's Mirpur neighbourhood late on Friday and razed around 2,000 mostly tin shacks, fire services official Ershad Hossain told AFP. Many residents - largely low-income garment factory …

Criminal case to be filed in Bangladesh fire that killed 25
5 years, 9 months ago

Criminal case to be filed in Bangladesh fire that killed 25

The Hindu  

A Bangladeshi housing official said on Friday criminal charges would be filed against the owner of a building where a fire killed 25 people and which had four upper floors constructed illegally. Last month, a fire in the oldest part of Dhaka, a 400-year-old area cramped with apartments, shops and warehouses, left at least 67 people dead. In 2012, a …

5 killed, 65 injured in Bangladesh fire
5 years, 9 months ago

5 killed, 65 injured in Bangladesh fire

The Quint  

DHAKA, March 28, 2019 -- Firefighters try to douse flame after a fire broke out at a high-rise building in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 28, 2019. At least one person has died and 30 others rushed to hospital as a massive fire engulfed a high-rise building in Bangladesh capital Dhaka Dhaka, March 28 Five persons were killed while 65 others …

Dhaka fire: At least 81 killed as blaze rips through apartment block in Bangladesh capital
5 years, 10 months ago

Dhaka fire: At least 81 killed as blaze rips through apartment block in Bangladesh capital

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A huge fire has killed …

Bangladesh fire: 70 killed in blaze at Dhaka's Chawkbazar; report says chemicals stored at residential building worsened mishap
5 years, 10 months ago

Bangladesh fire: 70 killed in blaze at Dhaka's Chawkbazar; report says chemicals stored at residential building worsened mishap

Firstpost  

A devastating fire raced through at least five buildings in an old part of Bangladesh’s capital and killed at least 45 people, an Dhaka: A devastating fire raced through buildings in an old part of Bangladesh’s capital and killed at least 70 people, officials and witnesses said Thursday. The blaze started late Wednesday night in one building but quickly spread …

Fire in old part of Bangladesh’s capital kills at least 81
5 years, 10 months ago

Fire in old part of Bangladesh’s capital kills at least 81

Hindustan Times  

A fast-moving fire swept through adjoining apartment buildings and chemical warehouses in a historic part of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, killing at least 81 people and injuring several others, the latest such deadly blaze in the country. A fast-moving fire swept through adjoining apartment buildings and chemical warehouses in a historic part of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, killing at least …

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