20151223 Bangladesh Fire destroys over 100 shanties at Tejgaon and Mohammadpur slums (at Tejgaon)
Bangladesh Dec 23 2015 “Other”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : more than 70 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Fire destroys over 100 shanties at Tejgaon and Mohammadpur slums
Updated: 2015-12-23-21:16
Over hundred shanties have been gutted in two separate fire incidents in the capital’s Tejgaon and Mohammadpur.
A fire at a slum near Tejgaon industrial area destroyed at least 90 houses, both Fire Service and police confirmed to bdnews24.com.
Fire Service officials said the fire at Tejgaon had broken out at around 4:15pm.
Tejgaon industrial police Inspector Muhammad Selim said the fire fighters put out the flames after an hour.
Seven fire-fighting units extinguished the flames after one and a half hours, he added.
No casualties have been reported and the authorities are yet to determine the estimated damage caused by the two incidents.
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