Fire at high-rise in Bangladesh kills a least five, 60 injured, many trapped
A rescued person is taken to the ambulance as fire broke out at a multi-storey commercial building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Many of those trapped waved frantically from the building’s windows and roof, witnesses said, as passersby stood watching and praying below. “The fire is almost under control,” said Mizanur Rahman, a senior fire service official at the scene.
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