Fire in a 14-story residential building in Katabon, Dhaka resulting in two deaths

A fire broke out in a 12th-floor flat of a 14-story residential building in Katabon, Elephant Road, Dhaka, in the early hours of June 28, 2026. Six units from the Fire Service and Civil Defence were deployed and successfully brought the blaze under control after a two-hour operation. Two individuals, identified as Md. Johnny and Md. Abdus Salam, were rescued with severe burns and later declared dead at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery and Dhaka Medical College Hospital.