Massive Fire Outbreak in Bangladesh market

Army personnel and firefighters were working on Tuesday (today) to douse a massive fire that raged through a shopping complex with 3,000 shops in Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka, fire

There were no casualties reported so far in the fire, which began in the early hours of Tuesday morning, but army personnel had been called in to help after flames spread rapidly in the cramped, crowded area of Bangabazar, home to the country’s famed cloth markets.

According to Rashid Bin Khalid fire service official he told reporters that 50 fire units were working to douse the fire, the cause of which was not known immediately.

Khalid said most of the shops were burnt to ashes in the fire, but there was no information yet on whether any people were trapped inside, given that the fire broke in the early hours of the morning before most shops had opened.

Report gathered is that shopkeepers in Bangabazar, which houses mostly cloth stores, had stocked up in preparation for the festival of Eid, and most of their goods were destroyed in the fire.

Lack of regulations and poor enforcement have been blamed for industrial fires incidents in the country that have in recent years led to the death of hundreds of people.