Staff Reporter:About 200 shanties were gutted in early Saturday when fire broke out in two slums in the capital’s Banani T&T area.
Rasel Shikder, a duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defense headquarters, told journalists that the fire broke out about 3:30am at Godown Slum and Bede Slum.
Getting information, 22 firefighting units rushed to the spot and doused the fire around 7:00am.
A committee led by fire service Deputy Director Nur Hossain had been formed to look into the incident and estimate the damage.
The cause of the fire yet to be known.
