#informal-settlements

#informal-settlements

A devastating fire swept through Dhaka's sprawling Korail shantytown, destroying or damaging some 1,500 shanties and reducing tin-roofed dwellings to smouldering ruins, officials reported. The inferno, which erupted on Tuesday evening, required 16 hours to extinguish, according to Rashed Bin Khalid, a duty officer at the fire department. Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury, the fire service's director, confirmed approximately 1,500 shanties were burned or damaged, leaving thousands without shelter.