Mirpur Fire

Mirpur Fire

Smoke rises from a building as fire broke out at a garment factory and a chemical warehouse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 14 October 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Fire Service forms 7-member committee to investigate Mirpur fire

The committee is led by Lt Col Md Tajul Islam Chowdhury, director (Operation and Maintenance) of the FSCD Directorate

A relative mourns while holding a picture of a missing person following a fire that broke out at a garment factory and a chemical warehouse in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 14 October 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Factory fire: When will owners, regulators be held accountable?

Mirpur fire: NCP demands trial of owners, officials of chemical warehouse, garment factory

Mirpur fire: NCP demands trial of owners, officials of chemical warehouse, garment factory

Two distraught women crouch on the ground outside the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue, one weeping as she is consoled by the other on Wednesday, 15 October 2025. Photo: Focus Bangla

Families await bodies of loved ones as CID collects DNA after Mirpur factory fire

Firefighters continue efforts to douse the fire in Mirpur on 15 October 2025. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

BGMEA urges authorities to ensure due diligence in all industries

People wear masks and other protective coverings as toxic smoke from chemicals pollutes the air in Mirpur. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Mirpur fire: Toxic gas sickens nearby workers, factories shut down

Mirpur fire: 16 bodies to be released from DMCH after identification

Mirpur fire: 16 bodies to be released from DMCH after identification

Social Welfare Adviser Sharmeen Murshid visited the site of the fire on 15 October 2025. Photo: TBS

Mirpur fire: Health adviser mourns, Social welfare adviser visits site

Fire Service and Civil Defence deployed a specialised Hazmat Team to the site of the devastating fire at a garment factory and adjacent chemical warehouse in Mirpur's Shialbari on 15 October 2025. Photo: TBS

Fire Service hazmat team fails to enter burning Mirpur chemical warehouse due to heavy presence of toxic fumes

A firefighter tries to control the Mirpur fire that killed at least 16 people on 14 October 2025. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Mirpur fire: Who will answer?

Law enforcement stand by as fire yet to be doused. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Mirpur fire doused after around 27 hours as toxic fumes delay operation

Nina’s body being carried on a stretcher at DMCH on 14 October. Photo: TBS

Dreams turn to ashes as 16-year-old Muna dies in Mirpur fire three days into new job

Fire at a readymade garment factory and a chemical warehouse in Shialbari, Mirpur in the capital on 14 October 2025. Photo: TBS

Locked roof door, toxic gas caused most deaths in Mirpur fire: Fire Service