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Fire at Hazaribagh slum under control

Staff Correspondent
31 Aug 2022 19:16:01 | Update: 31 Aug 2022 21:22:10
Fire at Hazaribagh slum under control
Onlookers gather after a fire broke out at a slum in Dhaka on August 31, 2022 — AFP

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.

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