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Dhaka fire kills 2, injures 200

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DHAKA, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Fire engulfed an 11-story office building housing several media outlets in a Dhaka business district Monday, killing at least two people and injuring 200 others, authorities said.

According to the Dhaka Fire Brigade, firefighters were trying to get the blaze under control and three Bangladeshi army helicopters were assisting. The fire began around 10:30 a.m. (11:30 p.m. ET Sunday.)

Initial reports said that about 1,000 people were trapped inside the building, but Dhaka fire officials later said everyone was accounted for.

The facility houses two private television networks, NTV and RTV, as well as the Amar Dash newspaper, which are all owned by former member of parliament Mossadeq Ali. A third network, Islamic TV, also has offices in the building, but had not yet become operational.

Ali is a former political secretary to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Both are members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

The Dhaka branch of the Chittagong Stock Exchange is also housed in the facility.

CNN's Tess Eastment and CNN Representative Tasneem Khalil contributed to this story.

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