20131017 Bangladesh 531 houses gutted in Hazaribagh fire
Bangladesh Oct 16 2013 “Houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : more than 70 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
531 houses gutted in Hazaribagh fire
Updated: 2013-10-18
UNB, Dhaka
A total of 531 houses, including 24 shanties of a slum, were burnt to ashes in a fire in the city’s Hazaribagh area Thursday night.
Nilufar Yasmin, a duty officer at the Fire Service Control Room, said the fire originated from a shanty of ‘Hazaribagh Slum’ around 8:54pm and soon engulfed the adjoining houses.
She said 15 units of firefighters doused the flame at about 10:30pm after around two hours of fanatic efforts.
However, there is no report of any casualty and injury in the fire, and the extent of damages is yet be estimated.
Meanwhile, the Fire Service Department formed a body to probe the incident.
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