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| A huge fire has broken out in one of the largest shopping complexes in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, officials say. Fire-fighters are at the scene. | A huge fire has broken out in one of the largest shopping complexes in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, officials say. Fire-fighters are at the scene. |
| The fire is so hot that the windows of the Bashundhara City mall are reported to be melting. Nearby shops are also reported to have been set ablaze. | The fire is so hot that the windows of the Bashundhara City mall are reported to be melting. Nearby shops are also reported to have been set ablaze. |
| Officials say casualty figures are not clear, but local media say injured people have been taken to hospital. | |
| Officials say the fire broke out on the top floors of the 20-storey building. | |
| It now has clouds of black smoke billowing out of it. | |
| Vast atrium | |
| Media reports say that the fire-fighters cannot extinguish the flames because they do not have the equipment to go beyond the 13th floor. | Media reports say that the fire-fighters cannot extinguish the flames because they do not have the equipment to go beyond the 13th floor. |
| Latest reports say that the fire is dying down after the flames spread downwards from the top floors, trapping some people inside. The reports cannot be confirmed. | |
| Officials say that the only way the emergency services can attempt to put out the flames is by using a helicopter. | |
| The cause of the fire is not known. | The cause of the fire is not known. |
| Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the army, security agencies and all emergency rescue services to join the rescue operation, her press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told reporters. | |
| Up to 25,000 people a day visit the capital's first Western-style shopping mall. Friday - the first day of the weekend in Bangladesh - is one of its busiest days. | Up to 25,000 people a day visit the capital's first Western-style shopping mall. Friday - the first day of the weekend in Bangladesh - is one of its busiest days. |
| Bashundhara City is near the centre of Bangladesh's capital and was built at a cost of more than $100m. | Bashundhara City is near the centre of Bangladesh's capital and was built at a cost of more than $100m. |
| When the mall was completed in 2004, the owners said it was the largest in South Asia and the 12th biggest in the world. | |
| It took six years to build and boasts a gym, a food court and an indoor theme park as well as Bangladesh's first multiplex cinema. | |
| The vast central atrium is lit by a glass dome in the roof 60 metres across. |