Dozens killed as fireplace broke out at 7-storey constructing in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka. (Representational)
Dhaka:
A minimum of 43 individuals have been killed and dozens injured after a fireplace blazed by way of a seven-storey constructing in an upscale neighbourhood within the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka late Thursday, well being authorities mentioned.
”Up to now 43 individuals have died from the hearth,” Bangladesh’s well being minister Samanta Lal Sen informed AFP after visiting the Dhaka Medical School Hospital and an adjoining burn hospital.
Sen mentioned no less than 40 injured individuals have been being handled within the metropolis’s predominant burn hospital.
Fireplace division official Mohammad Shihab mentioned the blaze originated in a preferred biriyani restaurant in Dhaka’s Bailey Street at 9:50pm Thursday (1550 GMT), and rapidly unfold to the higher flooring, trapping scores of individuals.
Firefighters introduced the blaze beneath management in two hours, he mentioned.
They rescued 75 individuals alive, an announcement from the hearth service mentioned.
The Bailey Street constructing homes primarily eating places together with a number of clothes and cell phone outlets.
”We have been on the sixth ground once we first noticed smoke racing by way of the staircase. Lots of people rushed upstairs. We used a water pipe to climb down the constructing. A few of us have been injured as they jumped from upstairs,” mentioned a restaurant supervisor known as Sohel.
Others have been trapped on the rooftop and known as out for assist.
”Alhamdulillah. We’re sending down all girls and youngsters together with my spouse and youngsters. All of us males are in rooftop. Fireplace service stands beside us. Fifty but to be down,” wrote Kamruzzaman Majumdar, a professor of environmental science, in a Fb publish.
He was later rescued safely.
Fires in residence buildings and manufacturing facility complexes are frequent in Bangladesh because of lax enforcement of security guidelines.
In July 2021, no less than 52 individuals have been killed together with many kids when a fireplace swept by way of a meals processing manufacturing facility.
In February 2019, 70 individuals died when an inferno ripped by way of a number of Dhaka residence blocks.
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