No safety measures found at Bailey Road building

Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) Director General (DG) Brig Gen Md Main Uddin said on Friday that there were no fire safety measures at the building where the devastating fire broke out leaving 46 dead and dozens of people burnt on Thursday night on Dhaka’s Bailey Road.

He came up with the remark while talking to reporters in front of the burnt ‘Green Cozy Cottage Shopping Mall’ on Friday afternoon.

The FSCD DG said that there was no fire safety in the building while there was only a small stairwell in the whole building.

He said the FSCD had issued three notices to the building owners previously as part of routine monitoring.

Expressing deep sorrow and shock at the death of several people in the fatal fire accident, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday also said that there was no fire exit in the multi-storied building.