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BD incurred Tk 3.8b loss in fire incidents last year: Official data

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The country witnessed as many as 19,642 fire incidents and incurred a loss of Tk 3.85 billion last year, according to official data.

As per the data by Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence, some 130 people were killed and 664 injured during the fire incidents in 2018.

Moreover, the data also revealed that 13 fire fighters were wounded in the incidents.

Electric short-circuit, fire from burners, thrown out ignited cigarettes and burning ashes have been cited as the major causes of fire.

Furthermore, a devastating fire tore through a historic place of the capital on Wednesday night, killing at least 70 people, said fire service officials.

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