It is being assumed that the fire might have started from a gas line leakage, said Md Ershad Ali, assistant sub-inspector at Jatrabari police station
A fire broke out at a corrugated iron sheet-shed on the roof of a two-storied building in Bijoynagar in Dhaka on Wednesday.
Fakhrul Islam was arrested from his Lalbagh residence on Tuesday
A fire broke out at a textile waste warehouse in the Majukhan area of Gazipur city early on Wednesday, gutting two adjacent houses
Four people sustained burn injuries as a fire broke out in a house following a blast in the city’s Aga Sadeq Road of Bangshal area Saturday morning
It took the death tally from the accident to 47 while the number of deceased firefighter to 10
Something must have happened there, I believe. Otherwise, so many lives would not have been lost,” he told reporters.
There are 150 firefighters in Bangladesh who are trained from abroad to douse chemical fire. They have special equipment and suits
Their identities could be ascertained after conducting DNA tests
The depot authorities did not provide the fire service any information regarding the types of chemicals were in the containers
As fire-fighters could not go near the flames, army personnel started spraying water from above.
Chemical induced fire cannot be extinguished with water and so it is taking longer to bring the fire under control, said director general of fire service
The fire started around 3:40 PM. Five fire fighting units managed to bring the flames under control around 6:30 PM.
Sheikh Hasina also directed the authorities concerned to take proper actions against the hoarders of essential items or those who play foul games with commodities prices
A fire that broke out at a plastic factory in the city’s Lalbagh area around noon on Friday has been brought under control, officials said
