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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 04, 2023
Over 1,000 shanties gutted in Mirpur slum fire

Bangladesh

TBS Report
16 August, 2019, 08:35 pm
Last modified: 16 August, 2019, 10:41 pm

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Over 1,000 shanties gutted in Mirpur slum fire

Twenty firefighting units rushed in and and doused the blaze at around 10:15pm.

TBS Report
16 August, 2019, 08:35 pm
Last modified: 16 August, 2019, 10:41 pm
Over 1,000 shanties gutted in Mirpur slum fire

More than 1,000 shanties were gutted as a devastating fire ripped through a slum in Dhaka's Mirpur-7 on Friday evening.

Fire Service Control Room Duty Officer Ershad said the fire originated at Arambagh Slum near Rupnagar at around 7:20pm and spread rapidly.

Twenty firefighting units rushed in and doused the fire at around 10:15pm, said Fire Service Deputy Director Debashish Bardhan.

The reason behind the fire could not be known immediately.

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