The blaze broke out at one of the shanties before spreading throughout the slums around 1:30am on Thursday, according to Fire Service officials. The extent of damages will soon become clear,” said Ataur Rahman, the on-duty officer at the Fire Service control room. The slums, consisting of shanties made from bamboo, had sprawled over a government-owned marshland, Bhashantek Police Inspector (Investigation) Shafiqul Islam told bdnews24.com. “The fire is believed to have originated in one of the shanties in Abul’s Bosti. The flames were fanned by strong winds throughout the night.”According to locals, the two slums behind CRP are home to around 100,000 people.

Source: bd News24 February 28, 2019 06:40 UTC