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Night of flames: Korail slum left in ruins

A section of the Korail slum in Dhaka was reduced to ashes after a fire broke out on Tuesday evening. It took more than five hours for firefighters and locals to contain the flames. But the inhabitants had lost everything by then. With nowhere to return to, many were forced to spend the night under the open sky.

From the high-rise buildings overlooking Korail, the view is one of total devastation. Tuesday’s fire consumed everything in its path. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

From the high-rise buildings overlooking Korail, the view is one of total devastation. Tuesday’s fire consumed everything in its path. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

From the high-rise buildings overlooking Korail, the view is one of total devastation. Tuesday’s fire consumed everything in its path. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

From the high-rise buildings overlooking Korail, the view is one of total devastation. Tuesday’s fire consumed everything in its path. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Korail’s narrow lanes once held countless grocery shops. Outside one burnt shop, a pile of charred rice lies scattered. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Korail’s narrow lanes once held countless grocery shops. Outside one burnt shop, a pile of charred rice lies scattered. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

As the fire spread, she fled with whatever she could grab and stuffed into a bag. Returning afterwards, she found nothing left of her home. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

As the fire spread, she fled with whatever she could grab and stuffed into a bag. Returning afterwards, she found nothing left of her home. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Some belongings inside a multi-storey building survived the flames but were scorched by the heat. Residents display a burnt blanket they recovered. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Some belongings inside a multi-storey building survived the flames but were scorched by the heat. Residents display a burnt blanket they recovered. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

With the entire home gutted, even a place to sit has vanished. A mother and her child sit on the slum’s roadside. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

With the entire home gutted, even a place to sit has vanished. A mother and her child sit on the slum’s roadside. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Burnt tin sheets are heaped inside the remains of a home, while a woman waits outside hoping for assistance. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Burnt tin sheets are heaped inside the remains of a home, while a woman waits outside hoping for assistance. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Little Shoaib Islam carries his burnt books on his father Rubel’s shoulder. He studies at an NGO-run school in Korail. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Little Shoaib Islam carries his burnt books on his father Rubel’s shoulder. He studies at an NGO-run school in Korail. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A family sits inside what used to be their room -- now without a roof or walls. With nowhere else to go, they remain exposed to the elements. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A family sits inside what used to be their room -- now without a roof or walls. With nowhere else to go, they remain exposed to the elements. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A young man sits before the burnt-out showcase of his Korail home. He had been at work when the fire started, and by the time he rushed back, it was impossible to enter the house. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A young man sits before the burnt-out showcase of his Korail home. He had been at work when the fire started, and by the time he rushed back, it was impossible to enter the house. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Joynab Begum sits under the open sky with her granddaughter Jonaki, a child with disability, in her lap. She had lived in her son’s small home, now completely destroyed. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Joynab Begum sits under the open sky with her granddaughter Jonaki, a child with disability, in her lap. She had lived in her son’s small home, now completely destroyed. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A woman searches the blackened floor of what was once a first-floor living space. The blaze left nothing standing. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

A woman searches the blackened floor of what was once a first-floor living space. The blaze left nothing standing. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

The tin sheets from burnt homes are now useless; residents stack them up to sell as scrap. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

The tin sheets from burnt homes are now useless; residents stack them up to sell as scrap. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Korail inhabitants pick through the charred remains on Wednesday, Nov 26, 2025, hoping to salvage anything of value from the rubble. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Korail inhabitants pick through the charred remains on Wednesday, Nov 26, 2025, hoping to salvage anything of value from the rubble. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Having lost everything to the blaze, the inhabitants of the Korail slum take shelter beneath the open sky. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

Having lost everything to the blaze, the inhabitants of the Korail slum take shelter beneath the open sky. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

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Published : 26 Nov 2025, 08:36 PM

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