Bongo Bazar market and three adjacent commercial precincts said to be almost completely gutted
Hundreds of firefighters have been mobilised in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, to battle a huge fire that raged through a popular clothing market and blanketed the city’s oldest neighbourhoods in black smoke.
No casualties from the Tuesday morning blaze have been reported yet. Shop owners and fire officials told reporters that the Bongo Bazar market and three adjacent commercial precincts had been almost completely gutted.
Continue reading…Bongo Bazar market and three adjacent commercial precincts said to be almost completely guttedHundreds of firefighters have been mobilised in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, to battle a huge fire that raged through a popular clothing market and blanketed the city’s oldest neighbourhoods in black smoke.No casualties from the Tuesday morning blaze have been reported yet. Shop owners and fire officials told reporters that the Bongo Bazar market and three adjacent commercial precincts had been almost completely gutted. Continue reading…