Barua made the remarks on Saturday after visiting the Chawkbazar area with a delegation from the Awami League’s 14 Party Alliance. Fire service officials believe the fire was further stoked by the combustible chemicals, plastics and cosmetics at nearby stores and warehouses. An investigation into the Nimtali fire of 2010, where over a hundred people lost their lives, had recommended that chemical warehouses and factories be removed from Old Dhaka. “During my tenure as minister we took decisions to relocate the chemical businesses. The Chemical Merchant Association and BASIC took a joint decision to relocate on to land outside Dhaka.

Source: bd News24 February 23, 2019 09:22 UTC