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Fire at Bangladesh Chemical Warehouse Kills at Least 56 Bangladesh Fire Kills at Least 69
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A fire that broke out at a building in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has killed at least 56 people, fire officials said Thursday. A fire that broke out at a building in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has killed at least 69 people, fire officials said Thursday.
“So far, 56 bodies have been recovered,” Julfikar Rahman, a director of the Fire Service and Civil Defense in Dhaka, told Reuters. “The number could rise further as searching is still continuing.” Mahfuz Riben, an official of the Fire Service and Civil Defense in Dhaka, told The Associated Press that the death toll had risen to 69 and that many had been trapped in buildings.
The fire broke out Wednesday night in a building the city’s Chawkbazar area, and Channel News Asia quoted officials as saying that the structure was being used as both an apartment building and as a chemical warehouse. “Many of the recovered bodies are beyond recognition,” he said. “Our people are using body bags to send them to the hospital morgue — this is a very difficult situation.”
Bangladesh was also the site of a devastating fire in 2012, when a blaze ripped through the Tazreen Fashions factory outside Dhaka, killing 112 people. That blaze and its high death toll focused attention on the unsafe work conditions and low wages at many garment factories in Bangladesh. The fire broke out Wednesday night in a building the city’s Chawkbazar area, a centuries-old neighborhood with many mixed-use structures, with warehouses and stores commonly on the lower floors and residential areas above. The Dhaka Tribune reported that the building where the fire broke out housed a plastics warehouse and was full of flammable material.
Bangladesh was also the site of a devastating fire in 2012, when a blaze ripped through the Tazreen Fashions factory outside Dhaka, killing 112 people. That blaze and its high death toll focused attention on the unsafe work conditions and low wages at many garment factories in the country.