Fire at Korail slum

This Star photo taken on December 4, 2009 shows the shiny tin roofs along the shoreline are of new houses were built in the past couple of weeks, eating up the Gulshan Lake. This aerial photograph shows gradual encroachment on the water body by the residents of Korail slum in the capital.

At least five makeshift structures, including two rickshaw garages, were gutted by a fire that broke out inside Korail slum at Mohakhali in Dhaka early Friday.
Fire Service control room sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in a small structure at around 4:44am.
Eight firefighting units rushed to the spot and doused the flame around 5:12am, said Inspector Shahjadi Sultana of the fire service control room.
She said two rickshaw garages, two small grocery shops, one tea stall and one semi-pucca house burnt down in the incident.
But no casualty was reported in the fire incident, Inspector Shahjadi added.