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Hundreds of firefighters battle a huge fire in a popular clothing market a Dhakathe capital of Bangladesh, covering the oldest districts of the city with black smoke. No casualties have been reported so far, but shop owners and firefighters told reporters that the Bongo Bazar market and three adjacent shopping areas had been almost completely…
DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshi firefighters were mobilised in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday (Apr 4) to battle an inferno that raged through a popular clothing market and blanketed the city's oldest neighbourhoods in black smoke. No casualties have been reported so far, but shop owners and fire officials tol
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Bongo Bazar market and three commercial areas seriously damaged by the fire
Bongo Bazar market and three adjacent commercial precincts said to be almost completely gutted
A military spokesman said in a statement that an air force helicopter had joined the firefighting effort. Aerial footage from the chopper showed hundreds of people watching the fire from a nearby overpass.