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![Firefighters use a fire ladder to extract victims during rescue operations following a fire in a commercial building that killed at least 43 people, in Dhaka, on February 29, 2024. At least 43 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 on February 29, health authorities said. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/HFYODVWGCDQ3YS55HGS2P347WE.jpg?smart=true&auth=8cf2a376361e34d03263c4d80dcdada3ffcd623a673109343a8a75c491d42de2&width=400&height=225)
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Bangladesh building fire: At least 46 people dead as blaze engulfs shopping mall in Dhaka
Firefighters rescued 75 people from the blaze at the seven-storey building
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