A total of 14 people were killed and 27 others injured in 548 fire incidents caused by gas cylinder blasts in Dhaka division in 2019, official data showed.
In the same year the loss of property from the fire incidents was worth around Tk 55.03 million while the amount of property saved by fire fighters was worth Tk 76.04 million, according to the data available with Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence (BFSCD).
The same data also showed that during the period from 2006 to 2018 a total of 1,762 people were killed and 10,625 others wounded in fire incidents.
Electric short circuit, fire from burners, ignited cigarette butts and burning ashes were cited as major causes of fire, according to the BFSCD data.
The data showed that some 5,376 fire incidents took place in 1996 while it stood at 17,488 in 2018.
A total of 253,048 fire incidents occurred during the years from 1996 to 2018, causing a loss of property worth about Tk 64.23 billion, according to the data.
In 1996, the loss of property from fire incidents was worth around Tk 633.9 million while it jumped to nearly Tk 2.57 billion in 2018, the data showed.
Besides, it showed, the BFSCD managed to save properties worth nearly Tk 210.88 billion in the period from 1996 to 2018.
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