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Fire guts two slums child, woman die

Staff Correspondent
A child and a woman were burnt to death in a fire at a Madhubagh slum in the early hours of yesterday.
The dead are Moahmmad Rajib, 9, and Momtaj Begum, 75.
Originating from a mosquito coil, the fire gutted 20 shanties at around 12:10am.
Three fire fighting units rushed to the site and brought the fire under control after about 45 minutes.
In another fire, more than 500 shanties were gutted at
Muktijoddha slum at Tejgaon last night.
The fire left over 4,000 people homeless. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
More than a hundred fire fighters equipped with 10 fire tenders fought for one hour and brought the fire under control at 9: 30pm.
Slum dwellers said the fire originated on the northern part (Near the BG Press Quarter) of the Muktijodha slum at Begunbari at about 7:50pm. It spread swiftly and engulfed the whole slum.
Fire fighters and locals risked their lives to save a 33-KV power substation beside the slum.
No one could say how the fire originated. But some said two armed groups were trying to establish supremacy over the slum and they might have torched it.
Two platoons of police along with ansar personnel were deployed at the site.
"We will search for casualties once the fire is completely extinguished, " said Selim Newaz Bhuiyan, assistant director of fire brigade.
The fire leaped to a 16-storey under-construction building called Ideal Trade Center beside the Tongi Diversion Road. Fire fighters doused the fire after half an hour's try.
A car shop was partially damaged, but the owner could save the cars.
Hundreds of slum dwellers were seen wailing and looking for their family members in the chaos of the fire.
The Tongi Diversion Road was closed for more than two hours and a serious traffic jam developed on the road. The parallel Mymensingh road also became clogged as commuters tried that one.