85 killed in flames; electrical faults dominate causes

With this, two daughters of Lakshmipur BNP leader have lost their lives

A seven‑year‑old girl was killed, and her father, a local BNP leader, along with two sisters, sustained severe burn injuries after their home was set ablaze in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila early yesterday.

Two girls suffer from 50-60% burns on their body

Families who have already rebuilt their worlds twice now sift through the debris a third time

Around 1,500 shanties were reportedly damaged; no casualties were recorded

Fire gutted over a hundred homes, plunging already vulnerable families into devastation

Official cites jammed approaches and hose disruptions as major hurdles

Fire was contained at 10:35pm

Four fire units deployed

4 fire engines working to douse the blaze

Incident occurs amid party’s 'lockdown' programme

The fire involved a restaurant in one of the building’s upper floors

Eight fire engines brought the blaze under control at 7:47pm

140 people were killed in fires and 341 sustained burn injuries this year

The fire was brought under control at 11:45am and was complety doused by five firefigting units at 11:57am

Three sailors suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out following a blast on board a lighter vessel in the sea off Patenga beach late Friday night

A total of 17 shops are gutted in a fire that broke out at Sadarghat Hawkers’ Market in Old Dhaka.

A massive fire swept through Malibagh kitchen market yesterday morning, burning down some 230 shops.

Before the amber of the last one turn to ashes and forgotten memories, a new flame leaps up in another neighbourhood of the city, revealing, once again, cracks in the façade of our tilottoma.