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Fire at 18-storey building in Dhaka’s Gulshan doused
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2024-03-23, 7:21pm
Fire at 18-storey building in Dhaka’s Gulshan doused
Dhaka, Mar 23 - A fire that broke out on the ninth floor of AWR Tower in the capital’s Gulshan was doused on Saturday afternoon.
The fire broke out at Purnima Restaurant on the ninth floor of the 18-storey building around 4:35 pm, said Tanha Bin Zasim, station officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence Control Room (media).
Three firefighting units from Tejgaon Fire Station doused the fire at 4:50 pm, he added.
No casualties were reported in the fire incident, the Fire Service official also said.-UNB