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Bangladesh burns: 8 deadly fire disasters, 2022 to 2025

From Dhaka to Sitakunda, the same pattern repeats: locked exits, stored chemicals, and warnings ignored.

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From chemical warehouses to crowded restaurants, this brief documents eight incidents and the pattern they share. Each slide cites the news reports it draws on.

  • Cover slide: Bangladesh Burns, 8 deadly fire disasters 2022 to 2025
  • BM Container Depot explosions, June 2022, Sitakunda
  • Seema Oxygen Plant disaster, March 2023, Sitakunda, Chattogram
  • Siddik Bazar blast, March 2023, Gulistan, Old Dhaka
  • Science Lab explosion, March 2023, Shirin Mansion, Dhaka
  • Bailey Road trap, February 2024, Green Cozy Cottage Mall
  • Two more factory fires: M&U Trims Factory and Ashulia shoe factory
  • Rupnagar factory inferno, October 2025, Mirpur, Dhaka
  • The pattern is clear: locked exits, chemical storage in populated areas, unlicensed operations
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Sources are cited on each slide (Reuters, AP, The Daily Star, Dhaka Tribune, bdnews24 and others).

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