Fire rages through city slum
Staff Correspondent
22 February, 2021 12:00 AM
A man throws a bucket of water in an attempt to put out a fire at a slum in the capital’s Manik Nagar on Sunday. Kamrul Islam Ratan
A devastating fire ripped through a slum at Manik Nagar in the capital on Sunday, burning around 150 shanties to ashes and sending the dwellers under the open sky.
No casualties were reported in the fire incident.
Lima Khanam, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence control room, told the Daily Sun that the fire broke out at the slum named ‘Cumilla Patti’ around 3:20pm.
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