Homework - Fire in Bangladesh

Click HERE to watch the video. Read the story. Answer the questions.

Story:

Bangladesh (6/4/2010) - At least 114 people were killed in a fire that raged through a crowded, centuries-old Dhaka neighborhood into early Friday morning.

The blaze, which broke out about 10.30 p.m. local time Thursday, was the worst to sweep through the Bangladeshi capital in almost four decades.

Witnesses said flames rose as high as six stories with burning chemicals oozing from buildings "like lava."

Rescue workers scrambled Friday to pull bodies, many charred beyond recognition, from smoldering debris.

"The confirmed death toll from the fire is now 114 and may rise," Muhibul Haque, district commissioner of Dhaka, told Reuters. He said more than 40 people were being treated for burns in hospital, with 12 in critical condition.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) How many people were killed in the fire?

4) What time did the fire start?

5) How many people are in the hospital?

6) How many people are in critiacal condition?

Info from Reuters (writer = Anis Ahmed), Video from BBC