Firefighters, army work to douse massive fire in Bangladesh market

Fire races through clothing market in Bangladesh capital

Firefighters fought to get under control a massive fire that burned through a popular clothing market and spread to other small markets and buildings in Bangladesh's capital Tuesday. No casualties have been reported so far.

Fire races through clothing market in Bangladesh capital

Firefighters were working to get under control a massive fire that burned through a popular clothing market and spread to other small markets and buildings in Bangladesh's capital Tuesday. No casualties have been reported so far.

Firefighters, army douse massive fire in Bangladesh market

Firefighters and army personnel have extinguished a fire that ripped through a crowded shopping complex in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka early on Tuesday, injuring several firefighters and burning down some 5,000 stores.

Huge fire engulfs market in Bangladeshi capital

DHAKA, April 4 — Hundreds of Bangladeshi firefighters were mobilised in the capital Dhaka today 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 told reporters that the Bongo Bazar market and three adjacent commercial precincts had been almost completely gutted. “Some 600 firefighters... are …

Fire Races Through Clothing Market in Bangladesh Capital

DHAKA, Bangladesh—Firefighters were working to get under control a massive fire that burned through a popular clothing market and spread to other small markets and buildings in Bangladesh’s capital Tuesday. No casualties have been reported so far. The fire started at Bangabazar Market in Dhaka at 6:10 a.m. and firefighters from 47 units were working to douse the blaze, fire service official Rafi Al Faruk told The Associated Press by phone. It co…

Huge fire destroys clothes market in Bangladeshi capital

Hundreds of Bangladeshi firefighters battled an inferno that raged through a popular clothing market in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday and blanketed the city's oldest neighbourhoods in black smoke.