Bangabazar market fire under control after 6 hrs

The massive fire that broke out at the Bangabazar market in Dhaka on Tuesday morning has been brought under control after more than six hours of frantic efforts.

The blaze was brought under control around 12:36 pm, said Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters.

However, black smoke is still coming out from different places and firefighters were still working to fully douse the fire, he said.

The devastating fire broke out at the market around 6:10 am and spread soon.

Forty-eight firefighting units were engaged in extinguishing the blaze.

However, what caused the fire could not be known yet.

A team of army personnel also joined the efforts to douse the devastating fire, said ISPR.

Besides, a helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force and a team of Bangladesh Navy joined.

At least five people fell sick while trying to extinguish the fire.

Among them, a firefighter identified as Didarul Islam has been undergoing treatment at Government Employee Hospital while four people identified as Rubel of Lakshmipur, Niloy (22) of Feni, Ripon (36) of Chandpur and Shaheen (38) of Munshiganj were given treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.