More than eighty shanties were burnt down and a woman received burn injuries as a devastating fire broke out at a slum in the Dhaka city's Kalyanpur area Sunday night.
Fire brigade sources said the fire originated from the kitchen of a shanty of the slum, well known as 'Pora Bustee' at about 7:15pm on Sunday.
A total of 14 fire-fighting units from different fire brigade stations put out the flame at about 11:20pm.
The fire originated from a burner of a kitchen and soon engulfed the adjacent shanties, said an officer of the fire brigade control room.
The estimated loss from the fire is about Tk 20 lakh and a woman, identified as Minara Begum, 40, received burn injuries in the fire incident, the officer added.
Source: New Age
