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Fire breaks out at Banani apartment

Greenwatch Desk Fire 2025-05-22, 6:01pm

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A fire broke out in a six-storey building in the city's Banani on Thursday.


Fire Service and Civil Defence officials said the fire started around 5:55am in a flat on the 2nd floor of a 6- storey building in the area..

Being informed, two firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control by 7:10am, duty officer of Fire Service headquarters Khaleda Yasmin told UNB.

The fire was caused reportedly due to an electric short circuit.

No causalities were reported in the incident.