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Bangladesh Firefighters Battle Blaze at Dhaka Skyscraper

posted by martyb on Thursday March 28 2019, @12:12PM   Printer-friendly

martyb writes:

Bangladesh Firefighters Battle Blaze at Dhaka Skyscraper:

At least two people confirmed dead and some are believed to be trapped inside FR Tower in the Bangladeshi capital.

At least two people have been confirmed dead after fire broke out in a 19-storey commercial building in Dhaka on Thursday, officials have told Al Jazeera, weeks after a deadly fire in the Bangladeshi capital left at least 70 people dead.

"Nineteen fire-fighting units are working at the scene. Bangladesh navy and air force have also joined to fight the fire," said Duty Officer Mohammad Russel from Dhaka's central fire service control room.

Several people are believed to be trapped inside the tower in the Banani area of the Bangladeshi capital, according to The Daily Star news website.

Helicopters dropped water on the burning building while hundreds of panicked onlookers crowded the streets in the upmarket commercial district of Banani.

[...] Al Jazeera's Tanveer Chaudhry, reporting from Dhaka, said "at least six people have jumped off the building."

"There are 95 emergency services working and helicopters hovering above ... trying to rescue some people from the roof as well.

"The fire took place on the 9th floor of the building but we don't know under what circumstances."

A massive blaze in Dhaka's old quarter last month killed at least 70 people and injured 50 others.

Also at: AP, Dhaka Tribune, and The New York Times.

Had a fire in my apartment building a while back and had to evacuate. Scary.

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  • (Score: 2) by pkrasimirov on Thursday March 28 2019, @12:50PM (6 children)

    by pkrasimirov (3358) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 28 2019, @12:50PM (#821275)

    aljazeera.com
    > fire broke out in a 19-storey commercial building

    nytimes.com
    > large flames burning through the 24-story building, F.R. Tower.

    Not a skyscraper [wikipedia.org]. From the pictures looks like a good old reinforced concrete building with no external insulation. Should be fine. Not so much the people, especially if jumping from it.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @02:10PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @02:10PM (#821321)

    More to the point:

    Who the fuck cares? Why is this space-waster posted here?

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by pkrasimirov on Thursday March 28 2019, @03:08PM (1 child)

      by pkrasimirov (3358) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 28 2019, @03:08PM (#821344)

      Because this was submitted as story and there's no better space-waster? If you know more interesting things to talk about, let us see them -- https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl [soylentnews.org]

      • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Thursday March 28 2019, @10:49PM

        by Sulla (5173) on Thursday March 28 2019, @10:49PM (#821554) Journal

        I also think my own submissions are best submissions

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday March 28 2019, @05:22PM

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Thursday March 28 2019, @05:22PM (#821416) Homepage
    Maybe it doesn't satisfy the modern definition of a skyscraper, but maybe it did when it was built; phylogenically speaking, once you're a skyscraper, always a skyscraper, surely? (You'd agree that humans are monkeys, I'd hope. And fish.)

    E.g. The Home Insurance Building in Chicago was a skyscraper in the late 1800s, and had only 9 floors.
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by FatPhil on Thursday March 28 2019, @05:27PM (1 child)

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Thursday March 28 2019, @05:27PM (#821419) Homepage
    You missed out the AP quote: Rashid said the building has 21 floors.

    If only the fire could have been contained to the floors that don't exist, then things wouldn't have been so bad.
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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @08:02PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 28 2019, @08:02PM (#821489)

      Fire fighting strategy: confine the the fire to the 13th floor.

      Problem solved.