Api membakar beberapa bangunan di Distrik Nimtoli<ref name="BBC"/> dan sebagian penghuni terperangkap didalamdi dalam bangunan tersebut.<ref name="AFP">{{cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hTxCoG19dN9NCBnfJoaRt2z3HIFg|title=85 dead, 100 injured in Bangladesh blaze: police|date=3 June 2010|work=AFP|accessdate=3 June 2010}}</ref> Api mulai berkobar sekitar pukul {{Nowrap|10.30 pm}} dan berlangsung kurang lebih selama tiga jam.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/04/dhaka-fire-deaths|title=Dhaka fire kills at least 77, injures 100|last=Jones|first=Alice|date=4 June 2010|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=3 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100603/twl-87-dead-100-injured-in-bangladesh-bl-5aa7274.html|title=87 dead, 100 injured in Bangladesh blaze: police|date=3 June 2010|work=Yahoo! News|accessdate=3 June 2010}}</ref>
