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At Least 4 Die in Office Tower Fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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A firefighter at the site of a fire in an office building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Thursday.CreditCreditMahmud Hossain Opu/Associated Press

By Julfikar Ali Manik

• March 28, 2019

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A fire broke out on Thursday in a large office tower in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, killing at least four people and trapping an untold number inside, the local news media reported.

Videos circulating on social media showed large flames burning through the 24-story building, F.R. Tower, and at least one person was seen jumping or falling.

Outbreak of fire at FR Tower on Kamal Ataturk Road in #Banani, #Dhaka. #Bangladesh #RedCrescent volunteers providing necessary first aid supports and assisting the Fire Service and Civil Defence.
📷 @ShishirAe pic.twitter.com/BzFu8b5qJg

— Raquib Rony (@raquibrony) March 28, 2019

“Seventeen firefighting units of the Dhaka Fire Service and Civil Defense are trying to douse the fire,” Officer Ataur Rahman of the Dhaka Fire Service told the Dhaka Tribune.

Officials said the cause of the fire was unclear.

As the fire climbed higher, employees broke the building’s blue-colored glass and screamed for help. Thousands of people gathered below in the neighborhood of Banani, a commercial area of Dhaka, taking photos and video.

In February, 70 people were killed in a fire that tore through a crowded neighborhood in Dhaka, a densely populated city of around 20 million people.

Kai Schultz contributed reporting from New Delhi, and Russell Goldman from Hong Kong.

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