69 Dead In Fire In Apartments Used As Chemical Warehouses In Bangladesh ndtv.com

DHAKA: At least 69 people have died in a huge blaze that tore through apartment buildings also used as chemical warehouses in an old part of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, fire officials said today. Dozens of people were trapped in the buildings, unable to escape onto narrow streets clogged with traffic, as the highly combustible stores of chemicals, body sprays and plastic granules erupted in flames. Fire control room official Mahfuz Riben told AFP that 69 people had been killed while Bangladesh's fire service chief Ali Ahmed said the death toll could rise further.
"The number of bodies may increase. The search is still going on," he told AFP.