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Everything but the clothes were reduced to ashes. Many residents of the seven-story slum in Mohakhali disappeared Monday night. This is how yesterday the defenseless old man was captured on camera next to the burned rubble. Photo: Lutfar Rahman
Firoza Begum was sitting with her hands on her head in a store near the seven-story Mohakhali slum in the capital. There are many more around this middle-aged woman. When asked about the damage caused by the Monday night fire, he said: “I sent goods worth Rs 50,000 to the NGO Thaikya Lone Koira Dohan. Puira all sash. What is this, Kaira Khamu, did So much harm to the poor, did you set fire to the suburbs of Kada? Someone started the fire.
At the scene, many people went to the seven-story slum on Tuesday and saw ahazari. Islam Uddin, a slum resident, and some other educators said: “Every year there is a fire on Winter Island. There have been six large and small fires in the slums in the last five years. Most of the fires were planned by Koira. Hera Amago set fire to eliminate the Thaikya slum.
From noon to 4 p.m., the slums were visited and everything was found to be random in the fire. Women, children, the elderly in a row. Everyone looks with dirty eyes. Attempts are also being made to build new houses by removing ash, burned wood, bamboo and tin. Mike is told: ‘Those who have come from outside without crowding here should go. Everybody wears a mask. ‘ However, no mask was seen on most people’s faces.
In addition, several NGOs were doing service work. Shirin Shila, a BRAC worker, said that many houses in the slums were burned by fire. BRAC is providing kitchen utensils, such as pots and pans, to slum dwellers.
Meanwhile, a masked man is busy providing various services to the slum dwellers. As we got closer, it was discovered that he was the Councilor for District 20 of the Dhaka North City Corporation. Nasir. He said 126 houses in the suburbs, as well as 35 stores, were burned by the fire. The amount of financial loss is great. However, traders have suffered the most. Because refrigerators, televisions, cash and other equipment in your store have burned.
When asked about the cause of the fire, Councilor Nasir said: “I came to the slum with the people immediately after the incident and I was with the victims.” Slum dwellers told us that the fire started when the compressor in the refrigerator exploded. However, the fire service is investigating the cause of the fire.
Speaking with Islam Uddin, 60, from the slum, it became known that he has been living in this slum for 25 years. In the last five years, there have been six fires here. When asked about the cause of the fire, he said: ‘How is that? No matter how many fires break out, Huni electric fires his Thaikya. I do not know what to believe ‘.
The fire broke out in the seven-story slum at 11:48 p.m. Monday. Twelve fire service units controlled the fire at 12:55 pm. The fire affected 127 families in the slums. Some of them are traders, some are rickshaw pullers, some are vegetable sellers. Most of the women who live here work in different houses. Garment workers also live here. According to various local sources, they have lost around half a million rupees in the fire.
Lt. Col. Zillur Rahman, director (operations) of the Fire and Civil Defense Department, said five fire service units were dispatched for the first time after receiving news of the fire. More units are added later. A total of 12 fire brigade units work in fire control. However, due to the lack of a narrow path and a water source, the fire had to be extinguished. No casualties were reported in the fire.
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