bailey road fire

bailey road fire

Fire Service members rescue woman from atop the building that caught fire in Baily Road, Dhaka, on 29 February 2024. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

A night of desperation, survival and heartbreak

First-person accounts of our reporters recounting their experiences of being witness to a harrowing night

Journalist Abhishruti Shashtri. Photo: Collected from Facebook

Bailey Road fire: Confusion over identity delays handover of journalist Abhishruti's body

Chaos, death and grief: The day after the Bailey Road fire

Chaos, death and grief: The day after the Bailey Road fire

Rokeya Akhtar lost her son in the tragic fire at Bailey Road’s Green Cozy Cottage on Thursday (29 February) night. Photo: Collected

'Take care, Ma': Shanto's last words over phone

After being hoisted by the crane, Prothit cried and hugged a fireman. He remembers the firemen to be very calm and composed. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossai

A trial by fire: How Prothit survived the Bailey Road blaze

Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

'We blacked out after three hours': A survivor's tale of Bailey Road tragedy

File photo of Kacchi Bhai restaurant in the capital's Bailey Road. Photo: Google Maps

Bailey Road fire: 3 including Kacchi Bhai manager detained

Photo: Screengrab

Cricketers observe silence, wear black armbands to mourn Bailey Road fire victims

Dhaka South Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh visits a patient at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn & Plastic Surgery. Photo: Courtesy

Bailey Road fire casualties so high because Building Code not followed: Mayor Taposh

Before and after images of the Bailey Road building that caught on fire last night, claiming 46 lives. Fire service says the building did not have a system to extinguish the fire. Collage: TBS

Bailey Road fire: Building didn't have permission for restaurants, says Rajuk

Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Rajuk forms 7-member probe body after Bailey Road building fire

Fire service members trying to douse the fire that broke out in a building in Dhaka’s Baily Road on 29 February 2024. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

No fire safety measures despite three earlier warnings: Fire service DG

File photo of President Shahabuddin. Photo: UNB

President mourns loss of lives in Bailey Road building fire