Chawkbazar chemical godown fire under control

A fire that broke out at a chemical godown of a building in the city's Chawkbazar Islambagh area on Saturday night was brought under control at 6am.

"A total of eight fire fighting units brought the blaze under control around 6am," said Lima Khanam, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence (control room).

However, no casualties were reported till now and the actual reason behind the fire could not be known immediately, she added.

Earlier this morning, Fire Service Deputy Director and Incident Commander of Dhaka Saleh Uddin visited the spot and said the extent of damages can be ascertained after investigation.

According to the locals, the fire broke out around 3:30am and engulfed the adjacent areas soon. Being informed, two units of Chawkbazar fire units rushed to the spot and tried to douse the blaze.

Later, six more units from Lalbagh, Polashi and the Fire Services HQ joined to blow out the fire. After two and a half hours of frantic efforts, the teams brought the blaze under control, the Fire Service official added.