5Photo© dnaindia.com43 killed as fire engulfs multi-storey building in Bangladesh
At least 43 people were killed and 22 injured after a seven-storey building collapsed overnight following a fire in the central part of the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka. Health Minister Dr. Samanta Lal Sen told the media that the condition of those injured is "critical".
According to AFP, fire service officials said that the fire first broke out around 9:50 PM on Thursday in a popular biryani restaurant in Dhaka's Bailey Road which quickly spread to the upper floors where there were more restaurants and a garment shop. The officials said that 75 people, including 42 in unconscious state, were taken out of the seven-storey building.
"Thirty-three people died at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and 10 at (the nearby) Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery," Sen said, according to PTI.