DHAKA – Firefighters and army personnel were working on Tuesday to douse a massive fire that raged through a shopping complex with 3,000 shops in Bangladesh’s capital of Dhaka, fire officials said.
Fire service official Rashid Khalid told Reuters 50 fire units were working to douse the fire, the cause of which was not known immediately. Smoke engulfed the area and flames were seen rising from the complex, hampering rescue efforts, a fire official said. Firefighters run out of water as they try to douse a fire that broke out in a clothing market in Dhaka, Bangladesh. PHOTO: REUTERS