Fire-fighters continue working at site of accident in Haji Wahed Mansion at Nanda Kumar Lane in Chawkbazar’s Churihatta area of Old Dhaka on Thursday, February 21, 2019 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneThe NHRC chairman also urged everyone to work together to prevent such incidentsThe National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh (NHRC) has deemed the Chawkbazar fire incident Bangladesh's third-largest disaster till date. NHRC Chairman Kazi Reazul Haque remarked this while inspecting the fire damage at Nanda Kumar Lane, in Chawkbazar’s Churihatta area of Old Dhaka, around 12:30pm. He said: "The Rana Plaza building collapse is the largest disaster that we have faced till now. "Today, the Chawkbazar fire incident has claimed the lives of more than 70 people till now. Till now, at least 70 people have been killed in a massive fire that engulfed several multi-storey buildings at Nanda Kumar Lane in Chawkbazar’s Churihatta area of Old Dhaka on Wednesday at night.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 21, 2019 07:30 UTC