Fire breaks out at city slum
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Published: 02:35, 12 March 2018
Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Staff Correspondent: A fire broke out at a slum in Mirpur-12 area of the capital early Monday.
The fire originated at Ilias Mollah Slum around 4:00am.
Fire Service duty officer Mahfuzur Rahman confirmed the matter to risingbd.com.
"On information, 14 fire units rushed to the spot to bring the blaze under control. Later, Seven more fire units joined the team," he said.
Locals said that there were seven to eight thousands of tin shed and wooden houses in the slum. Most of them were gutted in the fire.
The reason behind the fire could not be known immediately.
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