According to the Bangladesh Observer newspaper, a devastating fire in Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka killed more than 80 people on February 21. At least 50 people were hospitalized, some of them were in critical condition, Reuters reported. According to Xinhua, the fire started after a gas explosion in the house and later raced through densely packed buildings in Dhaka.
Aftermath of devastating fire in Dhaka
A devastating fire in Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka killed more than 80 people
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A devastating fire raced through at least five buildings in an old part of Bangladesh's capital and killed scores of people
© AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu Firefighters and local people help douse a fire
© AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu Flames rising from a fire in a densely packed shopping area in Dhaka
© AP Photo/Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury The death toll in the fire reached 81, the Bangladesh Observer newspaper reported
© AP Photo According to Reuters, at least 50 people were hospitalized, some of them remain in critical condition
© AP Photo/ Rehman Asad According to Xinhua, the fire started after a gas explosion in the house and later raced through densely packed buildings in Dhaka
© AP Photo/Rehman Asad Rescuers stand at the site of the fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh
© AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu Firefighters work at the site of the fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh
© AP Photo/Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury Rescuers stand at the site of the fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh
© AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu Aftermath of the devastating fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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