Description : Slums are the accommodation / housing for the poor urban dwellers. These people are impoverished migrants from the villages. They provide cheap service for the well to do urbanites. These slums are illegal establishments and deprived of many basic services and infrastructures. Fire is a recurrent disaster in the slums. Arson attack by vested quarters is also common. Occurrence of fire bring havoc to this indigent people as the lost every possession and the last shelter.Rescue attempt at dawn by the slum dwellers after the fire in the night in shilpa hrin sangstha basti. January. Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh