Fire in front of Dhaka airport's 3rd terminal brought under control
Two oil tanker lorries caught on fire in front of the under-construction third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Wednesday morning.
The incident occurred at around 10am. Four firefighting units rushed to the spot and managed to bring the fire under control in half an hour.
Shahadat Hossain, duty officer of the Fire Service Civil Defence headquarters. confirmed the matter to The Business Standard.
He said, "We responded to the distress call at 10:11am.
"Total four fire fighting from Uttara and Kurmitola rushed to the airport and brought the fire under control around 10:50am."
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. No casualties have been reported from the fire.