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DHAKA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- At least 19 people including a Sri Lankan man were killed and scores of others injured as a massive fire engulfed a high-rise building in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka on Thursday, a fire department official said.
Mahfuz Riven, a duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence, told Xinhua that "the fire that originated at about 1:00 p.m. local time Thursday killed 19 people."
According to the fire service official, dozens of units of firefighters brought the fire under control at around 6:00 p.m. local time, but they were still working to extinguish burning materials.
The death toll is feared to rise as the rescue operation has not finished yet.
