DHAKA, Feb. 26 (Reuters) - A fire broke out on Monday in a multi-storied building in the Bangladesh capital housing two private television channels and a newspaper office, witnesses said. They said fire fighters and airforce helicopters were trying to put out the blaze and rescue an unspecified number of people stranded inside. The cause of the fire and extent of damage caused was not immediately known. The building, in the Kawranbazar business district of Dhaka, houses NTV and Rtv stations and the Amar Desh newspaper -- all owned by a former member of parliament.
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from wht is being said on ATN television (live), rescue operations have been under way for a while
howevr, office workers are still marooned on the roof awaitign rescue to ground level. a fire truck ladder is present at the scene and is making this possible
a fatality has been recorded when a woman jumped to her undoing, and a man is said to have died from burn wounds
the injured are being treated at DMCH, and live coverage is on at ATN bangla television