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Fire in city slum
A fire has gutted some shanties in Kalyanpur's Natun Bazar area on Sunday.
Published : 1 May 2011, 12:04 PM
Updated : 1 May 2011, 12:04 PM
Dhaka, May 1 (bdnews24.com) – A fire has gutted some shanties in Kalyanpur's Natun Bazar area on Sunday.
Fire fighters of Tejgaon, Mohammadpur and Mirpur units took around one hour to douse the fire after its breakout around 8pm, fire fighter Abdur Rahman told bdnews24.com.
There were no reports of any casualty, Mirpur Police Station officer in-charge Wazed Ali told bdnews24.com.
"The fire might have originated from an electric short circuit," he said.
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