The Latest Breaking News from Mizanur Rahman

Two years ago, on a grey day in March, I was standing outside a block of flats in Shadwell, listening to a fellow delivery rider speak with passion as he addressed the crowd present at the vigil. His flat had gone up in flames, taking with it the life of…

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In March 2023, a fire in Tower Hamlets, east London, claimed the life of Mizanur Rahman, a 41-year-old father-of-two from Bangladesh. Five fire engines and 35 firefighters attended the call to the two-bedroom flat in Maddocks House, on the Tarling West housing estate, in the early hours of the morning.

One man died in the blaze in the overcrowded home

Mizanur Rahman, a 41-year-old father of two, was killed in a fire at the flat in Shadwell

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