Dhaka Fire: People now calling this slum boy 'Superman'
Source: IT News / Siam Sarower Jamil

Dhaka, March 30 2019: The boy blushed when told that people are praising his heroic FR Tower fire act, on Facebook.

A Bangladeshi slum boy, Nayeem Islam, sat on a leak in a Fire Service hosepipe to ensure that water flowed normally during the fire at Banani's FR tower on Thursday.

A photo of him sitting on the hose went viral overnight, and has drawn him a lot of attention and praise.

Nayeem, while speaking to the IMPHAL TIMES, pointed at a police officer next to him and said: "I want to become a police official like him, to help the people of the country, when I grow up," on Friday.

He is a fifth grader at the Korail slum Boubazar School and the son of Ruhul Amin of the area.

His father is a street vendor and his mother works as a household helper.

Nayeem also has a younger sister.

Nayeem said, "I heard about the fire and went there with my friends.

Behind the building I saw a water pipe was leaking, therefore I used my hands to try to ensure the water flowed as normally as possible.

"Later a person gave me a polythene bag to wrap around the pipe, which proved to be more helpful" .

When he told about his picture being on social media websites, and people praising him for what he did, the little boy blushed and said: "Yes I am aware of that" .

On Thursday, a deadly fire broke out at the 21-storey FR Tower, on Banani's Kemal Ataturk Avenue around 12:55pm, killing 25 people and injuring 70 .

Twenty-five Fire Service units�along with members of Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Air Force, police, Rapid Action Battalion, members of Red Crescent, trained professionals, and hundreds of university students�took part in the rescue operation.

The fire was brought under control around 7pm on Thursday.

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