Staff correspondent :<\/p>\n
A fire that broke out at a chemical godown of a<\/p>\n
building in the city’s Chawkbazar Islambagh area on Saturday night, was
\nbrought under control at 6am today.<\/p>\n
“A total of eight firefighting units brought the blaze under control around
\n6:00 am,” said Lima Khanam, duty officer of Fire service and Civil Defence
\n(control room).<\/p>\n
However, no casualties were reported till now and the actual reason behind
\nthe fire could not be known immediately, she added.<\/p>\n
Earlier this morning, Fire Service Deputy Director and Incident Commander of
\nDhaka Saleh Uddin visited the spot and said the extent of damages can be
\nascertained after investigation.<\/p>\n
According to the locals, the fire broke out around 3:30am and engulfed the
\nadjacent areas soon. Being informed, two units of Chawkbazar fire units
\nrushed to the spot and trying to douse the blaze.<\/p>\n
Later, six more units from Lalbagh, Polashi and the Fire Services HQ joined
\nto blow out the fire. After two and a half hours of frantic efforts, the
\nteams brought the blaze under control, the Fire Service official added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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