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Fire at Karwan Bazar market

Manzurul Alam Mukul || risingbd.com

Published: 14:58, 1 May 2016   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Fire at Karwan Bazar market

Staff Correspondent: A devastating fire broke out at Hasina Market at Karwan Bazar in the city on Sunday night.


Bangladesh Fire Services and Civil Defence headquarters said the massive fire broke out around 7:45pm and 16 fire fighting units were working to douse flames.

 

After nearly two hours of efforts, fire fighting units were able to bring the blaze under control around 9.55pm.


According to sources, fire originated from a depot of fruit and groceries behind Janata Tower on the Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue.

 

Members of law enforcement agencies were also rushed to the spot and cleared crowd from there for helping firemen to bring fire under control earlier.

No casualties were reported immediately. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire.

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