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Fire at Dhaka’s Uttara kitchen market doused after an hour

GreenWatch Desk Fire 2024-03-12, 5:38am

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A fire that broke out at a kitchen market in Dhaka’s Uttara Sector 11 early Tuesday was doused.

Nine firefighting units from Uttara, Tongi, Kurmitola, and Pallabi fire stations brought the fire under control at 2:45 am and doused it at 3:40 am on Tuesday, said Station officer Talha bin Zasim of FSCD headquarters media cell, reports UNB.

A number of shops at the kitchen market were fully burnt, according to locals.