Fire in Dhanmondi High-Rise, Woman Climbs Down Pipe
Photo taken from video.
A fire at a multi-story building in Dhanmondi’s Road 27 area triggered panic among residents. During the incident, two women trapped inside the building were seen trying to escape by breaking a window. One of them eventually climbed down the building using a ledge and a pipe. A video of the incident has since circulated on social media.
The Fire Service received a report of the fire at 5:50 pm on Wednesday. Two firefighting units were dispatched to the scene and brought the blaze under control at 6:42 pm.
Videos shared on social media show two women emerging through a broken window after the fire broke out. People gathered below the building attempted to assist them in various ways. At one point, several locals brought a ladder to help.
The footage also shows one of the women walking along a narrow ledge from one side of the building to the other. She then climbed down several floors using a pipe before safely reaching the ground with the help of the ladder. The other woman was later seen re-entering the building through the same window.
Farida Yasmin, duty officer at the Fire Service control room, said the fire originated in a rooftop room of a five-story building on Satmasjid Road. Two Fire Service units responded to the incident and extinguished the blaze.
Authorities could not immediately determine the cause of the fire, the extent of the damage, or whether there were any casualties.
