Fire breaks out at Hazaribagh leather godown

Senior Staff Reporter Published: 17 January 2025, 03:38 PM | Updated: 17 January 2025, 04:30 PM
Fire breaks out at Hazaribagh leather godown

A fire broke out at a leather godown on the fifth floor of a building in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh on Friday afternoon, January 17.

The fire was reported around 2:00pm and eight firefighting units are working to douse the blaze, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence.

Being informed about the incident, five units of the fire extinguishers first went to the spot and later, three more units joined these, Fire Service Control Room duty officer Lima Khanam said, adding that additional four units are on the way.

However, causes of the fire could not be known and no casualties were reported, she added.

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