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Scores hurt fleeing Bangladesh fire
Many jump to avoid the smoke and flames. Two people are killed.
Associated Press
Published February 27, 2007
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A fire swept through an 11-story building that houses two private TV stations, killing at least two people and injuring scores of others, rescuers and news reports said Monday. Air force helicopters, troops and firefighters rescued dozens of people from the building in Kawranbazar, a crowded commercial district in central Dhaka. Many people were stranded for hours on the building's rooftop before being rescued by troops and firefighters, according to live television footage. Firefighters used ropes and steel ladders to bring people to safety, witnesses said. A woman died at state-run Dhaka Medical College Hospital from injuries she suffered after jumping from the second floor, doctors at the hospital said. Another man, who leapt from the fourth floor, died from injuries. More than 50 injured people were being treated at the state-run hospital. Most were injured after jumping from the building to flee the flames and thick smoke, doctors said.
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