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Fire in Huge Bangladeshi Mall Kills 1, Injures 20

Thousands flee blaze as 20 hospitalized

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 13, 2009 9:03 AM CDT

(Newser) – A fire swept through Bangladesh's largest shopping mall today, killing a security guard, the AP reports. Some 10,000 shoppers poured outside the building and 20 were hospitalized, CNN notes. The blaze broke out on the 18th floor of the capital's 22-story Bashundhara City mall;...   Read full story »

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