A fire broke out in a fishing vessel anchored in the Karnaphuli River at Char Patharghata in Chittagong yesterday.
Fire gutted fishing nets and other equipment of the vessel, but no one was hurt.
Fire fighter officials said FV Imam 2, caught fire around 3:35pm and engulfed the whole trawler near the MM Safa Ice mill at the Karnaphuli River Bridge Ghat.
Reza-e-Rabbi, station officer of Fire Service and Civil Defense of Lama, said the fire originated from an electric short circuit. Four units of the fire fighters team put out the fire after two and half hours effort, said the officer.
The fire station officer said the owner claimed that the loss caused by the fire would be about Tk1.5 crore.