Fire at Barishal Plaza in Bangabazar under control
A fire that broke out on the fourth floor of a commercial building, located opposite Bangabazar market in Old Dhaka, on Saturday morning (8 April) is now under control.
The fire started around 8:05am inside Barishal Plaza, confirmed fire service control room duty officer Rafi-Al-Faruk.
Total 14 firefighting units started a strenuous effort to bring the fire under control immediately after being informed, he said.
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The firefighters managed to bring the fire under control within 40 minutes at 8:45am, he added.
The first unit of Fire Service reached the spot at 8:06am, within a minute after they were informed about the fire.
No casualties have been reported till now.
In less than a week, a massive fire on Tuesday (4 April) wreaked havoc at the Bangabazar market gutting at least 3,500 shops.
It took six hours for a total of 48 fire service units to bring the fire under control and around 75 hours to douse the fire.
