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Dhaka building fire traps many Two die in Dhaka building blaze
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A fire has broken out in a multi-storey building housing two television channels and a newspaper in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. At least two people have been killed and more than 50 injured after fire swept through a multi-storey building in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.
Fire brigade chief Salim Bhuiyan told the AFP news agency that hundreds of people were trapped in the building. Firefighters put the blaze out after a dramatic four-hour battle. Scores of people were winched to safety from the tower blocks by helicopter.
One report said a woman had died after jumping off the building and five others have been taken to hospital. Hundreds more were rescued by fire crews. At least one person died after jumping to escape flames, reports said.
Firefighters and air force helicopters were trying to put out the blaze, officials say. It is not clear what caused the blaze in Dhaka's Kawranbazar district.
The building, located in the Kawranbazar area of Dhaka, houses two television channels, and a newspaper, all owned by a former lawmaker with the former ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), reports said. 'Like hell'
Fire brigade officer Salim Bhuiyan said the blaze started on the second floor of the 13-storey building and "spread quickly". More than 2,000 people usually work in the office tower, which houses two television channels and a newspaper owned by a politician.
"An army helicopter was .. trying to rescue people from the rooftop", he said. Television footage showed dozens of office workers on the rooftop waiting for air force helicopters to take them to safety.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known. One woman died when she jumped from her office window to escape the flames and another worker died in hospital, reports say.
"About 60 of us were working on the sixth floor and all of a sudden we saw smoke all over our floor," cameraman Jashim Uddin told AFP news agency.
"We ran to the balconies and cried for help. It was like hell."
The building is owned by the Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation.
The biggest private TV station in Bangladesh, NTV, is based in the building together with RTV and the daily Bengali newspaper, Amar Desh.
They are all owned by former MP Mosaddek Ali Falu, a close ally of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.