Local people fight flames during the accident at Churihatta Lane in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar area on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneThe Chawkbazar fire has already claimed the lives of 70 peopleBritish Secretary of State for the Department for International Development Penny Mordaunt has expressed her deep shock over the loss of lives following a big fire in Dhaka's Chawkbazar area. "I am deeply saddened to hear of the terrible loss of lives following the chemical warehouse fire in Dhaka, a city I visited earlier this week," she said in a statement on Thursday. "My thoughts are with those families who have lost loved ones," she added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 21, 2019 09:33 UTC