Printed On 27 Nov 2025
A devastating hearth swept by means of Dhaka’s sprawling Korail shantytown, destroying or damaging some 1,500 shanties and decreasing tin-roofed dwellings to smouldering ruins, officers reported.
The inferno, which erupted on Tuesday night, required 16 hours to extinguish, in line with Rashed Bin Khalid, an obligation officer on the hearth division.
Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury, the hearth service’s director, confirmed roughly 1,500 shanties had been burned or broken, leaving 1000’s with out shelter.
Official data point out about 60,000 households — many displaced by local weather disasters — inhabit this 65-hectare (160-acre) shantytown. Korail sits adjoining to Dhaka’s prosperous Gulshan and Banani districts, surrounded by fashionable high-rise developments.
Dense smoke enveloped the realm as flames consumed dwellings all through the evening.
By Wednesday, displaced residents desperately sifted by means of particles, trying to salvage their belongings.
Firefighters reported problem accessing the blaze because of the space’s slim pathways.
Dhaka, house to 10.2 million individuals as of 2024, comprises a whole lot of casual settlements populated by rural migrants fleeing poverty, exploitation, and climate-related calamities. These dwelling there usually survive on each day wages earned as rickshaw drivers, housemaids, and cleaners.
