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Bangladeshi fire fighters and residents try to control a fire at the Begunbari slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 20, 2012.
AP reports — A fire destroyed at least 500 homes in a poor district of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Thursday. Officials say it took more than two hours to bring the blaze under control and it is unclear what caused the fire.

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Firefighters and local residents try to control a fire at a slum next to a Padma garments factory in Begunbari, Dhaka, Sept. 20.

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Women lament their burned-down home after a fire broke out at a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 20.