Four die, several injured as elevator falls causing wall collapse, fire in Uttara

At least four persons have died when a wall collapsed on them due to the impact of an elevator fall that also caused fire at a high-rise in Dhaka’s Uttara. Fire Service Director General Mohammad Ali Ahmad Khan has confirmed the number and cause of deaths to bdnews24.com. He also said at least 10 people were injured in the incident. Uttara East Police Station Inspector Kazi Shahan said the injured were sent to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. Police said the fire started in the basement of Alauddin Tower around 6:30pm on Thursday. An official at the Fire Service control room said the firefighters doused the blazes after around one half hours. Sub-Inspector Bachchu Mia at Dhaka medical College and Hospital police camp said two children, a woman and another person had been admitted to the burns unit. One of the injured was identified as Mahmududul Hasan, 36, an assistant general manager of Tropical Homes Limited. He received 80 percent burns. Fifty-five percent of the body of his daughter ‘Maisha’, 10, was burnt while his eight-month-old son ‘Mustakim’ received 23 percent burns. One ‘Sohan’, the person who brought them to the hospital, said the fire broke out at the basement after an elevator fell. He said the basement houses an office of Tropical Homes. Hasan brought his children to the office for an Iftar party, he added. The tower at Sector-3 has a shopping mall and several offices.-bdnews24.com