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Bangladesh fire kills up to 108, injures over 100

Bangladesh fire kills up to 108, injures over 100
# 04 June 2010 07:55 (UTC +04:00)
Dhaka - APA. A devastating fire raced through several apartment complexes in the Bangladeshi capital, killing at least 108 people and injuring more than 100 others, officials and local media said Friday, APA reports. Fire official Nazrul Islam said the blaze started when an electric transformer exploded late Thursday, igniting a three-story apartment building in the Najirabazar area of old Dhaka. He said the blaze then spread to other buildings where 87 charred bodies were later recovered. He said some injured people might have died later on the way to hospital or while there, but could not give an exact figure.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her shock at the incident and condolences to the families of the victims, and ordered authorities to provide all medical support to the injured.
Authorities ordered an investigation.
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