Fire broke out at three different areas of the capital on Saturday, causing damage to valuables.
A fire broke out in the Kathpatti slum in the Kamrangirchar area. At least 40 houses and 10 shops were engulfed by the flames.
Sirajur Islam, inspector (investigation) of Kamrangirchar police station, confirmed the incident to the Dhaka Tribune.
Quoting Locals, he said the fire originated from the stove of one Fazlul Hossain’s house around 1:30pm. Soon after the flames spread throughout the slum.
Enayet Hossain, in charge of Palashi fire service station, said four firefighting units rushed to the scene and managed to douse the flames after 45 minutes.
The official cause of the fire could not be known immediately.
“We will able to know about the source of fire after investigation.
“However, we suspect it might have originated from a stove,” said Enayet.
Fire also broke out at a factory in city’s Bangshal area around 11.45am.
After being alerted, three fire-fighting units rushed to the fire and controlled it within an hour.
Mohammad Ali, duty officer of the central fire service and civil defense, told the Dhaka Tribune that the fire originated from an electric short circuit, The fire damaged valuables inside the factory worth an estimated Tk1m.
“However, we were able to recover valuables worth Tk5m,” he added.
In a third incident, fire broke out in the Rokeya Bhaban apartment complex in the Mogbazar area around 5.00pm.
Five fire-fighting units from Ramna police station doused the fire after half an hour.
When asked, Mohammad Ali, duty officer at the Central Fire Control
Room, said the fire broke out as the result of an electric short circuit which occurred on the 17th floor of the building.
He said: “We cannot estimate the amount of loss incurred. However, we can say that the fire could not make too much damage as it was put out
quickly.”
No casualties were reported in any of the incidents.
