A fire broke out in VIP Tower, a multi-storeyed shopping mall-residential building, located in Kazir Deuri of Chattogram city early Wednesday.
Locals said that repair work was going on the second floor of the building. A fire broke out while doing welding work with gas there. Later it spread to the building.
Nandankanan Fire Service fireman Abdul Mottaleb said that two teams of firefighters rushed to spot and fire is now under control.
“As far as I know, the fire started from an electrical short circuit,” he added.
