Bangladesh: At least 56 killed after fire breaks out at chemical warehouse; see visuals

Dhaka Bangladesh Fire Update : Death toll from Bangladesh building fire rises to 56

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— Shark NewsWires (@SharkNewsWires) February 21, 2019

"We are in lack of water and the fire is still out of control" informed a fireman 6 hours after of the fire ignited. And rn, 45 are announced dead. We didn't want to start 21st February like that. #dhaka #Bangladesh pic.twitter.com/9GYhaLS06E

— Meem (@meemchow) February 20, 2019

Huge fire in #Bangladesh #Dhaka races through apartment buildings

▪️broke out at a building used as chemical warehouse
▪️has now reached other buildings
▪️not yet under control
▪️death toll has risen to at least 56 people pic.twitter.com/qqXiO4xrpq

— Ankush Kalwankar (@AnkushKalwankar) February 21, 2019

As per the reports of Reuters, at least 56 bodies have been recovered, Julfikar Rahman, a director of the Fire Service and Civil Defense in Dhaka told. However, the death toll could rise as searching is still continuing.

The blaze broke out on Wednesday night in a building at Chawkbazar area. Reportedly, the building was being used for both an apartment building and also as a chemical warehouse.

Some floors of the destroyed buildings had chemicals and plastic in storage.

Despite warnings of the high fatalities from fires after the incident occurred in 2010 when at least 123 people were killed, most buildings were using it as both residential and commercial purpose.

Authorities had also promised to bring the buildings under rules and regulations and would ban the chemical warehouses from the residential buildings.

Meanwhile, the death toll continues to rise and blaze couldn’t control yet. Some of the injured people were critical, said Samanta Lal Sen, head of a burn unit of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

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