Another Banani fire victim dies; death toll now 26
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Another Banani fire victim dies; death toll now 26

Another Banani fire victim dies; death toll now 26
Smoke billows from the sixth floor of the FR tower in Banani, Dhaka on Thursday, March 28, 2019. Photo: Abu Sufian Jewel/UNB


Dhaka, Mar 30 (UNB) – A man injured in the deadly Banani fire succumbed to his injuries on Saturday, taking the death toll from the incident to 26.

Abu Hena Mostsafa Kamal, 40, died at the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital around noon, said Inter Service Public Relation Assistant Director Rashedul Alam Khan.

A fire broke out on the seventh floor of the high-rise on Thursday, killing 25 people and injuring 70 more.

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