fire incident Dhaka
Mohakhali slum fire extinguished
Around 100 shanties and small makeshift shops were destroyed in a fire which originated at the ‘Sattola Bosti’ in Dhaka’s Mohakhali on late Monday night.
The fire, which occurred at around 11:45pm, was brought under control at around 00:55am, Duty Officer of fire service headquarters control room Mahfus Riven told UNB.
It took 12 firefighting units to extinguish the flame at around 2:55am, he said adding that at least 98 semi-pucca shanties and small makeshift shops were gutted in the incident.
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