20150515 Bangladesh 32 shanties gutted in Mohakhali slum fire, father and son burnt
Bangladesh May 15 2015 “Houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 30 to 69 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
32 shanties gutted in Mohakhali slum fire, father and son burnt
Updated: 2015-05-15-11:38
A fire at the Shat-tola slum in Mohakhali has gutted 32 shanties and left several people with burns, including a man and his son.
“We received the news of the fire just after 5am on Friday,” Fire Services control room Duty Officer Shahjadi Sultana said.
She added an electrical short-circuit in one of the shanties was being primarily thought to be the cause of the fire.
“Thirty-two shanties have been gutted, and slum-dwellers put the losses to somewhere around Tk 1.5 million,” Sultana said.
She said most of the people were asleep when the fire started.
Locals claimed at least five people were burnt after failing to get out in time amidst panic and chaos.
Among them, Abu Bakr, 45, and his son Abu Kawser, 20, have been taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital with serious burns, DMCH police camp Inspector Mozammel Hossain said.
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