Fire breaks out in a building in Dhaka’s Keraniganj

A fire has broken out in a building in the Babubazar area of Keraniganj in Dhaka. The Fire Service received information about the fire at 5:37 am today, Saturday.

Several units of the Fire Service were working to bring the fire under control.

In a SMS, Fire Service Media Department Inspector Anwarul Islam said the fire broke out on the ground floor of the 12-storey building named Jamela Tower. Upon receiving the information, a total of eight units from the Keraniganj, Sadarghat, and Siddiqbazar fire stations rushed to the spot and began firefighting operations.

He could not immediately provide information about the cause of the fire or any casualties.

Later, at around 7:10 am, Fire Service Media Department Senior Staff Officer Shahjahan Shikdar said that 12 units were working to control the fire.

Keraniganj Fire Service duty officer Farhad Hossain said the building is nine storeys high and housed warehouses for garments and electrical wires.