[QUOTE]DHAKA, Bangladesh - An electrical explosion plunged a neighborhood of Bangladesh's capital in darkness and ignited a shop of flammable chemicals, creating a massive inferno that killed at least 117 — including 15 members of a wedding party — and injured more than 100 others.
The country's worst fire in recent memory began Thursday night in the narrow alleys of the old section of Dhaka, crammed with new additions to decades-old buildings, when an electrical transformer exploded soon after a rainstorm swept the city, police officer Abul Kalam said.
"There were screams, shouts for help and total chaos," Kalam said.
Most of the dead were trapped in two or three residential buildings, said government administrator Mohibul Haque. He said the death toll could rise because some were still feared trapped in the rubble.
Mohammad Gulzar was serving beverages to dozens of guests who had just arrived in his small apartment for his daughter's wedding reception when they were jolted by a loud blast. The building was quickly engulfed by fire, and the guests tried to run outside but found themselves trapped as the blaze engulfed the gate of the five-story building.
At least 15 of Gulzar's guests and family members died.
"Why me, Allah? What wrong have I committed?" Gulzar, 50, cried as he sat in front of rows of corpses covered with white shrouds on the road outside his burned apartment.
Gulzar's daughter, Runa Aktar, survived because she was at a beauty parlor to prepare for the ceremony.
Mohammad Faruk, who lived nearby, lost all 16 family members — his wife, children, grandchildren and parents. He survived because he stayed late at work.
"I should have come home early," Faruk said, sobbing. "Maybe I could have saved some of them."[/QUOTE]
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They have lots of drinking water to use in putting out fires because that shit is poison.
[quote]Why me, Allah?[/quote]
because religion is for the silly
That's awful... not that I'm ignoring the others, but destruction of this sort at a wedding party is nightmarish.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;22406654]because religion is for the silly[/QUOTE]
Yes let's attack religion in a thread where we should be paying our respects to 117 people who lost their lives.
That explosion would've been so badass had nobody died because of it.
But this is sad. :(
Man, it sucks to be that guy that survived because he was at work. I don't think I'd be able to live with myself after that.
I read it as kill score.
Lol
Oh yeah, sucks about the people.
Still lulz
How the hell do you get an 'electrical explosion'?
Bangladesh never seems to get any breaks.
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I heard this on the news yesterday.
They made it sound like it was nothing :geno:
that would suck. youre chilling at a wedding party trying to pick up some bitches and then A FUCKING INFERNO INCINERATES YOU AHHfaibfasidfbfisdfbasofnas :smug:
Hot story, OP. I was burning up inside not knowing about this
I have a lot of friends with family in Dhaka. Fuck.
5 funnies? Puns? 117 dead? You guys are assholes.
[QUOTE=SBD;22408735]How the hell do you get an 'electrical explosion'?[/QUOTE]
Think: Tesla Coil + Red Barrels
What do you get?
[QUOTE=Mbbird;22409427]5 funnies? Puns? 117 dead? You guys are assholes.[/QUOTE]
It's Facepunch.
[QUOTE=SBD;22408735]How the hell do you get an 'electrical explosion'?[/QUOTE]
Transformator blowing up, I suppose.
[quote]Mohammad Faruk, who lived nearby, lost all 16 family members — his wife, children, grandchildren and parents. He survived because he stayed late at work.
"I should have come home early," Faruk said, sobbing. "Maybe I could have saved some of them."[/quote]
This is just horrible.
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;22406654]because religion is for the silly[/QUOTE]
typical facepunch post #242
[QUOTE=bobste;22410946]typical facepunch post #242[/QUOTE]
I think he has a library full of copy paste stuff for each general topic (religion, communism, meaning of life, etc).
How the fuck is this funny?!?
Because most of the time people just rate whatever seems to be the most rated.
Like me, I rated "Funny" before I read the whole thing, now I feel so stupid yet I'm laughing.
[QUOTE=|FlapJack|;22410753]It's Facepunch.[/QUOTE]
It's insensitive 14 year olds who have never experienced death and see it as one big game.
Wake up morons, when you grow up you'll learn a hard lesson.
[QUOTE=jota de;22410837]This is just horrible.[/QUOTE]
apparently it's hilarious
[QUOTE=Mbbird;22409427]5 funnies? Puns? 117 dead? You guys are assholes.[/QUOTE]
Thread wasn't about kittens
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[QUOTE=MRTW113;22420853]It's insensitive 14 year olds who have never experienced death and see it as one big game.
Wake up morons, when you grow up you'll learn a hard lesson.[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure it's just people who don't express their care over the internet. Well I don't at least.
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unless it's a kitten of course.
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