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Hundreds of homes burned in Bangladesh fire

Families escape, but hundreds of people left homeless after fire in shantytown in the capital Dhaka.
Last Modified: 03 Feb 2013 22:24

A fire has destroyed almost a hundred homes in a shantytown in the capital of Bangladesh.

Everyone appears to have escaped the flames, but it's left more than 500 people homeless. Caroline Malone reports.

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