More than 40 dead in Bangladesh restaurant fire

At least 44 people were killed and dozens injured after a fire blazed through a seven-storey building in an upscale neighbourhood in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka late Thursday.

According to Police inspector, atleast 40 injured people were being treated in the city’s main burn hospital. Fire department official said the blaze originated in a popular biriyani restaurant in Dhaka’s Bailey Road and quickly spread to the upper floors, trapping scores of people. Firefighters brought the blaze under control in two hours, he added. They rescued 75 people alive, a statement from the fire service said.