Residential fires reported in Dayton, Dhaka

A fire reported early Thursday at a home on Hawker Street in Dayton brought firefighters and medics to the scene; the severity of any injuries and the cause were not known. In a separate Dayton incident just before 3 a.m., crews quickly extinguished a fire in a vacant quadruplex on East Third Street after a witness reported seeing someone break in; authorities are investigating the fire as suspicious. In Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area, a fire broke out on the second floor of a 14-storey residential building on Tuesday, November 3. Four Fire Service units brought the blaze under control about 50 minutes after it was reported, with no casualties reported; the cause and extent of damage remained undetermined.