A fire in a high-rise office building in Bangladesh's capital has been brought under full control with the death toll climbing to 25, fire officials said Friday.
The blaze that burned for several hours Thursday had trapped people inside the building, some shouting for help from windows on upper floors and the roof. But fire officials later said most had been rescued. By Friday morning, no smoke was visible and firefighters and forensic investigators were working at the scene.
The fire injured about 70 people, many of them now being treated at Dhaka Medical College Hospital's burn unit. The fire at the FR Tower, on a busy avenue in Dhaka's Banani commercial district, was the latest in a country where crowding, flouted building regulations and safety norms have made deadly blazes common.
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