Fire guts thousands of shops in Dhaka

Firefighters battle a fire at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 4, 2023. A fire gutted thousands of shops in a market in a residential neighborhood of the old part of Dhaka on Tuesday morning, destroying goods and property. (Xinhua)

A woman cries for her loss near the site where a fire broke out at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 4, 2023. A fire gutted thousands of shops in a market in a residential neighborhood of the old part of Dhaka on Tuesday morning, destroying goods and property. (Xinhua)

Firefighters battle a fire at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 4, 2023. A fire gutted thousands of shops in a market in a residential neighborhood of the old part of Dhaka on Tuesday morning, destroying goods and property. (Xinhua)

People gather at the site where a fire broke out at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 4, 2023. A fire gutted thousands of shops in a market in a residential neighborhood of the old part of Dhaka on Tuesday morning, destroying goods and property. (Xinhua)

Firefighters battle a fire at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 4, 2023. A fire gutted thousands of shops in a market in a residential neighborhood of the old part of Dhaka on Tuesday morning, destroying goods and property. (Xinhua)

Firefighters battle a fire at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 4, 2023. A fire gutted thousands of shops in a market in a residential neighborhood of the old part of Dhaka on Tuesday morning, destroying goods and property. (Xinhua)

Local people help firefighters to battle a fire at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 4, 2023. A fire gutted thousands of shops in a market in a residential neighborhood of the old part of Dhaka on Tuesday morning, destroying goods and property. (Xinhua)

Local people help firefighters to spray water at the site where a fire broke out at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 4, 2023. A fire gutted thousands of shops in a market in a residential neighborhood of the old part of Dhaka on Tuesday morning, destroying goods and property. (Xinhua)

Firefighters battle a fire at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on April 4, 2023. A fire gutted thousands of shops in a market in a residential neighborhood of the old part of Dhaka on Tuesday morning, destroying goods and property. (Xinhua)