Families face agonizing wait as many Dhaka fire victims remain unidentified
- hace 5 años
Dhaka, Feb 22 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Monirul Alam). Faria Tasneem sensed trouble when her father did not answer her phone calls, despite several attempts to reach him.
Not picking up his daughter’s calls is unusual for Faisal Sarwar, who is a businessman in Bangladesh's Old Dhaka, parts of which lay in ruins after this week’s massive blaze.
As usual on a Wednesday evening, Faisal went to Churihatta Street of the neighborhood to spend a few hours with his friends.
At about 10.30 pm, he went to a pharmacy to buy some medicine with his friend Sheikh Mahmood just before a devastating fire broke out at the five-storey Haji Wahed Mansion on the other side of the street.
The fire started at 22.45 pm local time and rapidly spread to nearby buildings, leaving at least 67 people dead and more than 50 injured.
INCLUDES ARCHIVE FOOTAGE.
Not picking up his daughter’s calls is unusual for Faisal Sarwar, who is a businessman in Bangladesh's Old Dhaka, parts of which lay in ruins after this week’s massive blaze.
As usual on a Wednesday evening, Faisal went to Churihatta Street of the neighborhood to spend a few hours with his friends.
At about 10.30 pm, he went to a pharmacy to buy some medicine with his friend Sheikh Mahmood just before a devastating fire broke out at the five-storey Haji Wahed Mansion on the other side of the street.
The fire started at 22.45 pm local time and rapidly spread to nearby buildings, leaving at least 67 people dead and more than 50 injured.
INCLUDES ARCHIVE FOOTAGE.