At least 43 people have been killed in a blaze at a six-storey mall in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen said the fire broke out late Thursday in a restaurant in the Green Cozy Cottage shopping mall and quickly spread to other floors.
By Friday morning, at least 43 people had died and 22 others were severely burned and in critical condition. They are being treated in two main health facilities.
Sen said that 33 people, including women and children, were declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, while at least 10 others died after being transferred to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery.
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The cause of the fire was not immediately determined, but Brigadier General Moinuddin. Bangladesh The director of the Fire Service and Civil Defense said that the fire may have been caused by a gas or stove leak.
“It was a dangerous building with gas cylinders on every floor, even on the stairs,” he said.
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The force director added that more than a dozen firefighting units were deployed to put out the fire.
Rescuers said that at least 75 people, including 42 who lost consciousness, were rescued from the building.
