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Huge chemical warehouse fire at Chawkbazar: 70 dead
21 February 2019,Thursday, 09:36
At least 70 people were killed and around 50 others injured in a devastating fire that broke out at a chemical warehouse and raged through four other buildings in the city’s Chawkbazar area on Wednesday night.
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