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Uttara BGB Market fire doused
A fire that broke out at Uttara’s BGB Market in Dhaka this morning, was doused at 11:25 am.
The fire broke out around 10:25 am and was brought under control around 11:10 am.
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Fire Service Headquarters Duty Officer Lima Khanam said that the first unit of firefighters reached the spot around 10:35 am.
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Six units of firefighters worked to douse the blaze at BGB Market in Uttara. No casualties were reported at the time of filing this report.
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A fire that broke out on the 4th floor of the 12-storeyed Tax Commissioner's building at Dhaka's Segun Bagicha on Monday has been doused.
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"The fire started at 13:45pm and four firefighting brought the blaze under control around 2:15pm," Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters Deputy Assistant Director (media cell) Shahjahan Sikder said.
However, the origin for the fire could not be known immediately, he added.
Banani ‘Ahmed Tower’ fire extinguished
A blaze at Banani’s multi-storey Ahmed Tower was extinguished on Sunday afternoon, nearly an hour after the fire erupted.