A fire broke out at a scrap godown in the Bank Colony area adjacent to the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar, Dhaka on Saturday.
Four fire service units are working to control the fire.
The fire broke out in a godown in front of former MP Dewan Salahuddin Babu's house in the Bank Colony area.
In this incident, about one and a half-kilometre traffic jam was created in the Aricha-bound lane of the Dhaka-Aricha highway.
Fireman Siddiqur Rahman of Savar Fire Service said that two of our units went to the spot after receiving information about the fire around 7:30pm.
Later two more units of Tannery Fire Service joined them.
The fire is still not fully under control. Details will be given later, he added.
