A raging fire in Bangladesh capital Dhaka destroyed a slum on Wednesday. However, there was no loss of life, fire official said.
The fire was first noticed around 1.30 a.m. (local time) in one of the shanties. It destroyed around 35 shanties in the Dhaka slum, Xinhua quoted a fire official as saying.
Every year fires leave thousands of people homeless in Dhaka. In 2008, a big fire engulfed around 2,000 houses in a slum area and left over 10,000 people homeless.