20150720 Bangladesh Massive fire at Badda
Bangladesh Jul 20 2015 “Building”
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Massive fire at Badda
Updated: 2015-07-20-14:16
A massive fire has spread rapidly across Merul Badda, burning down everything on its way.
Frantic locals were driven to panic as flames leapt up and thick smoke billowed out of buildings engulfed by the fire.
The fire originated from a tin-shed house in an alley next to Bank Asia around 1am Monday, Fire Brigade Control Room official Mohammad Ali told bdnews24.com.
Eight fire-fighting units finally brought the flames under control but the heat from the fire was still disconcerting locals.
“It originated from a boarding house and spread to the slum behind it,” said Baridhara Fire Station staff Amanat Hossain.
A bdnews24.com correspondent in the area said a two-storey tin structure, ‘Bhai-Bhai Boarding’, has been completely gutted.
Panic spread among people in the buildings near the tin-shed house on fire. The residents of a multi-storied building, Venus Complex, had to be evacuated.
Fire service officials could not say if there have been casualties.
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