Gulshan building fire under control, four more critically injured

The blaze at a multi-storied building in Gulshan-2 in the city has been brought under control hours after it broke out on Sunday evening.

At least one person died in the fire and four were critically injured. Many stranded people were rescued from the 14-storey building. The number of casualties feared to be increased.  

Firefighters were seen entering the residential building after the fire was extinguished at around 11:00pm. Smoke was billowing out of the building at that time. Rescuers said, several persons were still trapped inside the fire-ravaged building.

Witnesses said they saw several people jumping off the building after it caught fire.

Fire service and civil defense officials said they rescued 13 persons including 8 women, 4 men and a child from 10th floor of the building.

Fire service’s director general brigadier general Md Main Uddin said three among four critically injured persons sustain burn injuries.

Nineteen units of firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze while a helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force was used in rescuing the trapped residents. Policemen also joined the rescue operation.

The identity of the person could not be known as of filing this report. The body of the victim was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 10:00pm. DMCH police outpost’s inspector Bacchu Mia said the victim is around 30-year old. The body has been kept at the morgue of the hospital. 

The fire broke at around 7 in the evening on Sunday.