Chawkbazar fire: Death toll reaches 69

Staff Correspondent: Two victims of the Chawkbazar fire have died, taking the death toll from the incident to 69.

Anwar Hossain, a rickshaw-puller, and Sohag succumbed to his burn injuries on Monday night.

Earlier, 67 people were killed and around 41 others injured in the devastating fire that broke out at a chemical warehouse and raged through four other adjacent buildings in the city’s Chawkbazar area on February 20.

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