DHAKA, Bangladesh—Firefighters were working to get under control a massive fire that burned through a popular clothing market and spread to other small markets and buildings in Bangladesh’s capital Tuesday. No casualties have been reported so far.
The fire started at Bangabazar Market in Dhaka at 6:10 a.m. and firefighters from 47 units were working to douse the blaze, fire service official Rafi Al Faruk told The Associated Press by phone.
It continued to rage six hours after it began. Anwarul Islam, another fire service official, said they didn’t know how the fire originated.
Firefighters work to contain a fire that broke out at a popular market for cheaper clothes in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April, 4, 2023. (Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP)
Many shop owners in Bangabazar Market burst into tears; they had been hoping for good business ahead of Islam’s largest festival Eid-al Fitr later this month….