A fire broke out on the premises of the Eastern Refinery at Patenga in Chattogram on Saturday, but the main refinery was not impacted, officials said.
Abdul Hamid, deputy assistant director of the Fire Service and Civil Defence in Chattogram, told UNB that no major damage was reported, and the fire came under control before it could spread at the country’s lone state-owned refinery.
He said several units of the fire department responded quickly after the fire broke out near the metering area of the refinery around 10:30 am.
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He said several units of the fire department responded quickly after the fire broke out near the metering area of the refinery around 10:30 am.
He said the blaze came under control. The cause of the fire could not be determined immediately, he said.
In Dhaka, an official at the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) told UNB that the main refinery was safe from the fire, and personnel from the Bangladesh Navy and the Air Force joined the firefighters to douse the fire. The refinery is a subsidiary of the BPC.
“The drainage system has been impacted, not the main refinery,” the BPC official said on condition of anonymity.
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