4 killed, 23 hurt as fire breaks out in chemical warehouse in Bangladeshi capital
The Hindu
Many of the fire service personnel sustained injuries during the rescue operations
At least four people, including a woman, were killed and 23 others injured after a fire broke out at a chemical warehouse here in the Bangladeshi capital early on Friday, according to media reports. The fire started at the ground floor of the building in Old Dhaka's Armanitola area after 3 a.m., Mahfuz Riben, an official at the Fire Service and Civil Defence department, told the Dhaka Tribune. He said the ground floor stored a number of inflammable substances.
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