Fire in Chawkbazar ceramic warehouse under control
Six units of fire service are working to douse the fire
A five-storey building beside Bismillah Tower in Chawkbazar caught fire on Tuesday. It was brought under control around 12:05pm, after two hours of endeavours of the fire service.
The fire started around 10:45am on the fifth floor of the building which houses a ceramic warehouse, confirmed Md Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector (Media Cell).
Fire service reached the location around 10:53am and six units brought the fire under control around 12:05pm.
Earlier on 4 April, a massive fire broke out at the Bangabazar Market in Dhaka and it spread to some other nearby markets, burning over 5,000 shops, with mainly readymade clothes and footwear, to ashes.