20120920 Fire guts 400 shanties at Begunbari
Bangladesh Sep 20 2012 “Other”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : more than 70 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Web Source: The Daily star
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=40974
Date: 20 September, 2012
Country: Bangladesh
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Fire guts 400 shanties at Begunbari
Star Online Report
A fire gutted 400 shanties at Begunbari in the capital’s Tejgaon area Thursday morning.
Fire service sources said the fire originated at a shanty around 10:00am and soon spread to seven adjacent tin-shed buildings.
Some 400 shanties of the buildings, mostly three-storey structures, were burnt to ashes, the sources said.
On information, eight firefighting units rushed to the spot and doused the fire around 11:00am.
Reason behind the fire could not be known immediately.