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Photos of the fire in Korail, Dhaka’s largest slum settlement.
On Tuesday evening, such a terrible fire broke out in Korail, the largest slum settlement of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, that it took more than 16 hours to extinguish it. According to Dhaka Tribune, the fire was caused by the explosion of a cylinder while cooking.
Due to the narrowness of the settlement, the fire spread rapidly from one house to another. Due to narrow streets, fire brigade vehicles could not reach inside. Due to which there was delay in controlling the fire.
Fire brigade official Rashed bin Khalid told local media that the fire, which started on Tuesday evening, was brought under control after Wednesday afternoon. This fire burnt 1500 houses to ashes. Due to which thousands of people have become homeless.
At the same time, many people including pregnant women and children spent the night in the cold. Korail settlement is spread over 160 acres. About 80 thousand people live here. Information about the injured and the dead has not been revealed yet.
10 pictures of the accident…
A massive fire broke out in Dhaka slum Korail on Tuesday evening.
It took more than 16 hours to control this fire.
More than 1500 houses were burnt to ashes in this fire.
The fire was caused by the explosion of a cylinder while cooking. Which spread rapidly.
After receiving information about the fire, the fire brigade team reached the spot and tried to extinguish the fire.
The rescue team took the injured to the nearest hospital for treatment.
After the fire, thousands of people were forced to spend the night outside in the cold.
Korail settlement is spread over 65 hectares. About 80 thousand people live here.
People taking out the remaining items from their homes after the fire subsided.
People looking at the burnt remains of their houses.
The victim said, everything was burnt to ashes before my eyes.
Earlier in 2017 also there was a massive fire in Korail slum. Local Jahanra Bibi cried, “Then everything is over. My husband’s small food shop also got burnt.”
Another victim, Aleem, said, “Everything was burnt to ashes in front of my eyes. I could not do anything. Now even my brain is not able to decide what to do next.” Here people sat in the cold under the open sky with their families in front of their burnt huts all night long.
Relief work has been started here. Dhaka Metropolitan North Committee is distributing food. Jamaat-e-Islami and Aalo Health Clinic provided medicines and treatment. Many pregnant women were sent to the hospital. One of them gave birth to a child on Thursday morning.
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