[ad_1] <br><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-03/f68a9c2c-d932-416e-b93d-896d33c2741e/AP24061048129619.jpg" /><figcaption>Fire department official Mohammad Shihab said the blaze originated in a popular biriyani restaurant in Dhaka's Bailey Road at 9:50pm Thursday (1550 GMT), and quickly spread to the upper floors, trapping scores of people.</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-03/bacc61e0-cf54-404f-8c32-46259b99b9d6/AP24060819869960.jpg" /><figcaption>Firefighters brought the blaze under control in two hours and rescued 75 people alive.</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-03/0dffe353-73ef-45b4-a5d9-fd232e7fc7b0/AP24060819667580.jpg" /></figure><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-03/2519d805-8f21-4fc1-b240-ed4e250dd833/AP24060819853766.jpg" /><figcaption>Locals help firefighters to contain a fire that broke out at a commercial complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh.</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-03/c4193251-44da-4b60-bc54-7f4151fc2cdc/AP24060820206373.jpg" /><figcaption>Family members of a victim in a fire that broke out at a commercial complex react in a hospital in Dhaka.</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-03/d740b8bd-b819-4b4d-9db3-2c45e903293c/AP24061314719082.jpg" /><figcaption>Officials match fingerprints to identify dead bodies of victims of a fire that broke out overnight at a commercial complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh.</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-03/74b35a18-19c8-43cf-aef1-c697d3e3cf24/AP24060819917586.jpg" /><figcaption>Firefighters rescue a woman from a fire that broke out at a commercial complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh.</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-03/046ca725-4e90-4318-b8d3-75c8dda9a725/AP24060819851739.jpg" /><figcaption>Fires in apartment buildings and factory complexes are common in Bangladesh due to lax enforcement of safety rules.</figcaption></figure><figure><img src="https://media.assettype.com/newindianexpress/2024-03/01327f18-d760-4d85-8d3e-cc089d5eb271/AP24060819667043.jpg" /><figcaption>In July 2021, at least 52 people were killed including many children when a fire swept through a food processing factory.</figcaption></figure> <br>[ad_2] <br><a href="https://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/world/2024/Mar/01/in-pics-bangladesh-shopping-mall-fire-at-least-46-dead">Source link </a>