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The fire as seen from a distance [ 1] A victim being transported to hospital [ 5] On the night of 4 June 2022, a fire and subsequent explosions at a container depot in Sitakunda Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh killed at least 47 people and injured around 450 others. [ 1][ 4][ 2][ a] The incident occurred at BM Container Depot in the ...
The Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence (FSCD) is an emergency service that operates under the Security Services Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs in the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The department's primary objective is to provide critical public safety services, including fire protection, emergency medical care, and other ...
Non-fatal injuries. 18. Property damage. $27.7 million USD [2] On the morning of April 4, 2023, a massive fire erupted in the clothing market of Bangabazar, located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. This fire resulted in the utter devastation of the market, leaving thousands of stores destroyed and numerous structures damaged.
Also known as. Bailey Road Fire. Type. Structure fire. Deaths. 46 [ 1] Non-fatal injuries. 75. On the night of 29 February 2024, a fire broke out in a seven-storey shopping mall located in the New Bailey Road of Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 46 people.
March 1, 2024 at 8:15 AM. By Ruma Paul. DHAKA (Reuters) -A massive fire in Bangladesh that raged through a six-storey building home to restaurants where many families with children were dining has ...
The location of Savar (red marker), the site of the building collapse, in relation to Dhaka. Photo of Rana Plaza taken one year before the collapse. Rana Plaza was built in 2006 and owned by Sohel Rana—allegedly a member of the local unit of Jubo League (the youth wing of Bangladesh Awami League, the political party in power).
200+ injured. The 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire broke out on 24 November 2012, in the Tazreen Fashion factory in the Ashulia district on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. [ 3] At least 117 people were confirmed dead in the fire, and over 200 were injured, [ 1] making it the deadliest factory fire in the nation's history. [ 4]
41 [1] Non-fatal injuries. >100. On board. 500+. On 24 December 2021, the passenger ferry MV Avijan-10 caught fire on the Sugandha River, near the town of Jhalokati, in southern Bangladesh. The incident resulted in at least 40 deaths and more than 100 injuries. Several people were reported missing.