Bangabazar market fire: Many to have lost all of their investments in the Bangabazar fire. Businessmen said the fire burnt several hundred shops to ashes.
Bangabazar fire: Fires, industrial machinery malfunctioning horribly, whole buildings collapsing, little or no possibility of emergency services being able to reach areas thanks to our bad infrastructure, poor or non-existent safety procedures and equipment, shaky and unsafe buildings, poorly planned utilisation of floor plans in commercial buildings, usage of industrial
"I couldn't save any product of my three stores. The fire has destroyed everything I had there," said Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Sohag, owner of clothing shops at Banga Islamia Super Market.
It is important to remember that as with most markets in Dhaka – and other major cities – the Bangabazar Shopping Complex barely had any proper fire safety measures in place.