Hundreds homeless in Dhaka slum fire

3 February 2013 Last updated at 23:40 ET Help

At least 500 people have been left homeless after a fire swept through a slum in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.

No casualties have been reported.

Investigators are trying to work out how the blaze started.

Wendy Urquhart reports.

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