It trapped many inside the building, with some shouting for help from windows or from the roof. Rescue workers said the death toll could rise sharply as firefighters recovered bodies from the complex where an unknown number of office workers were trapped by intense smoke and flames. Flames started on the seventh and eighth floors again when the fire service workers were trying to douse the flames on the upper floors. According to a 2012 study by Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, most high-rise buildings in 15-million-strong Dhaka have inadequate fire safety measures. The high-rise buildings were built too close to each other flouting building code.

Source: bd News24 March 30, 2019 12:45 UTC