At least 70 people have been killed in a fire that engulfed an old district of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, authorities said Thursday.Bangladesh police chief Mohammad Javed Patwary confirmed the latest death toll on Thursday morning, adding the number of fatalities might rise from the blaze in the tightly-packed Chawkbazar area.He told reporters the fire started at "a chemical warehouse full of chemical substances" on Wednesday night and likely spread quickly, but that firefighters eventually doused it.The victims were mostly men but included women and children, according to local media.Th…READ FULL ARTICLE
