A few hours later the charred bodies of Rahima, two of her daughters and her son were retrieved from their room at the Bhera Market slum in Chattogram’s Chaktai. The massive fire at the slum adjacent to the Rajakhali canal in Chaktai burned down 200 shanties, killing eight people from three families. Ten fire trucks from four fire service units worked to put out the fire that left a thousand residents of the slum in shock after losing their belongings. Rahima, 55, the wife of Suruj Mia from Chunarughat, had lived in the slum for over a decade. Her son Zakir studied at a local school.

Source: bd News24 February 17, 2019 10:52 UTC