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7 die in Uttara fire

Seven people have been died in a fire accident which broke out at Alauddin Tower near Rajlokkhi Market of Uttara Sector 3 in city Friday evening.The deceased are Mizanur Rahman, 50, Kamrunnaher Lota, 19, Salma Akter, 33, Rezaul Karim Rana, 30, Jasim, 24, Mahmudul Hasan and unidentified one.Fire service and civil defence duty officer of control office Mizanur Rahman told that the fire broke out around 6:30pm after the lift of the building torn out.Other 70 tom 80 people including fire service members were injured, he added. Being informed, 13 units of fire fighters rushed to the spot and doused the fire around 7:25pm.