A devastating fire that broke out at a slum in the Bottola Mazar area of Dhaka’s Hazaribagh on Wednesday evening, has been brought under control.
Firefighters were alerted to the incident at 6:15pm, according to the media cell of the Fire Service and Civil Defence.
Ten firefighting units rushed to the spot and tamed the blaze around 7:30pm, it said.
The cause of the fire could not be known immediately.