Fire burns warehouse at Kashimpur Central Jail

A fire has burnt a warehouse inside the Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur.

The fire broke out at the old warehouse around 2am on Saturday, said Superintendent Subrata Kumar Bala of the Kashimpur Central Jail-2.

No casualty was reported, he said.

Discarded laptops, television sets, and furniture, among others, were burnt in the fire, Subrata Kumar said.

The fire might have originated from a short circuit, he added.

A unit of fire service from Gazipur DBL, a private conglomerate, put out the fire around 4am, said its official Tareq Aziz.