Photo Feature

Lives Burnt Forever

Zahedul I Khan

1. Zarina Begum lost many of her family members and all her possessions in the fire. 2. Shell-shocked children walk by the ruin that was once their neighbourhood. 3. Trees were scorched as the fire raged on, seeking out more lives to put out. 4. Nizamuddin, a local volunteer, says he retrieved 80 corpses from the debris during rescue operations. 5. A survivor who lost many loved ones, looks at the bleak scene of the charred buildings.

6. Burnt utensils of a kitchen of the dead residents. 7. Weeks after the horrific Nimtoli fire, survivors, especially the children, are haunted by the lingering smell of death and destruction. 8. A senior citizen stares vacantly. His son, a shopkeeper and the family's only breadwinner, perished in the fire. 9. A morbid homecoming.

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