Bailey Road fire: Death toll reaches 46
Dhaka, March 1 -- The death toll from Thursday night's devastating fire that tore through a commercial building in the capital's Bailey Road reached 46 on Friday morning. And it may rise further, according to the health minister.
"None of the admitted 12 patients are out of danger, " Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen said while talking to the media at the Shaikh Hasina Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Friday morning.
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All the deaths were due to inhalation of carbon monoxide gas from the fire, he said.
A total of 35 bodies were handed over to family and relatives, Dhaka Medical College Police Outpost In-Charge Inspector Bachchu Mia confirmed to UNB on Friday morning.
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