Fire
Gutted a Slum in the City
Mabrur Atiqi, Dhaka, 30 October: A fire gutted the city's Bank
Colony yesterday killing at least two people and injuring several others. More
than two hundred people would live in the slum of the City Bank colony.
The
exact cause of the blaze remained clouded in mystery, but it became clear that
the fire originated at about 4.30 pm from a kerosene stove and rapidly spread
to the adjacent slums. Fire seriously injured four persons. Among them a girl
named Ruma died later on the way to hospital.
The
other injured were admitted to the nearby hospital. The victims have lost all
their valuable things and all their savings. At present they are living under
the open sky and in a miserable condition. The miseries of them know no bounds.
The
fire brigade reached the spot an hour late but they were unable to control the
fire quickly as the passage was very narrow. At last, they managed to control
the fire after two hours with the help of the local.
The
slum-dwellers are basically rootless people and they have no other shelter to
live. Most of the families living here are under the line of poverty, and there
are around 200 families who are now living under the open sky.
They are badly in need of help from both
government and nongovernment parts to rehabilitate them. If government can
assure help to these affected people as soon as possible, they can make over
their loss and start a new struggle of life.
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