The devastating fire that broke out at Bangabazar market in Dhaka on Tuesday morning caused an unusual traffic jam around the market area due to the closure of adjacent roads.
DMP Traffic Lalbagh Zone Senior Assistant Police Commissioner Jayita Das said that traffic movement in the adjacent areas has been stopped to ease the fire control activities.
Traffic movement has been closed and limited on the roads in front of the High Court-Gulistan, Banga Bazar, Golap Shah Mazar police headquarters to Dhaka Medical, he added.
This instruction about traffic movement will remain in force in this area until the situation turns normal, said the officer adding that general public are requested to use alternative roads.
Teams of Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Border Guard Bangladesh, Rapid Action Battalion, and Ansar joined in to help the Fire Service and Civil Defence.
Earlier on the morning, the massive fire broke out at the Bangabazar market around 6:10am.
Forty-eight firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control at 12:36pm.
However, what caused the fire could not be known immediately. No casualty has been reported so far.
