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Fire at leather warehouse in Hazaribagh doused

Fire 2025-01-17, 9:58pm

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Dhaka, Jan 17 --The fire that broke out at a leather warehouse in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh on Friday afternoon has been extinguished, said a fire service official.

The blaze started on the fifth floor of the warehouse at approximately 2:14 pm, said Shahjahan Sikder, DAD of Fire Service and Civil Defence (media cell).

On information, eleven firefighting units, along with one Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) platoon, rushed to the spot and doused the blaze around 7pm, he added.

The origin of the fire and the extent of the damages were not immediately known, said the fire official. - UNB