100 shanties burnt in Mirpur fire
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
Over a hundred shanties were burnt down when a devastating blaze raged through a slum in Mirpur in the capital late Monday morning, fire officials and locals said. They said the fire broke out at around 11:30am at the slum near the Janata Housing in Mirpur-2. Fire Service officer Abdur Rashid told bdnews24.com they tamed the flames at 12:45pm. — bdnews24.com