News Desk :
Seven people have been burnt in a fire that broke out at a six-storey residential building in Dhaka’s Gulshan, reports bdnews24.com
The fire started on the second floor of the building on road No. 113 around 11 am Wednesday, according to Saifuzzaman, deputy assistant director of the Fire Service.
Three units of the Fire Service subsequently tamed the flames after an hour, he said.
“Seven people have been taken to the hospital. Our work is ongoing and we are trying to determine the cause of the fire.”
The building has a parking facility on the ground floor while there is a total of 10 apartment units on the floors above.
The fire was sparked by an AC explosion on a second-floor flat, according to the building’s security guard.
Almost all the rooms in the flat were burnt down before the fire spread to the third and fourth floors.
A woman living on the sixth floor said panic spread throughout the building after the fire broke out as residents rushed out of their homes with their children.
Meanwhile, the firefighters have doused the fire that broke out at a six-storey building in Gulshan 2 in the capital.
“The blaze originated at 11:37am and spread to the first, second and third floors of the building,” fire service control room officer Mahbubul Hasan told the media on Wednesday.
“After an hour effort, eight firefighting units doused the fire at 12.40pm,” said Raihan Ahmed, media officer of the fire service.
However, he could not immediately confirm the cause and extent of damage by the blaze.
Earlier, a fire broke out at a building in the capital’s Gulshan area on Wednesday morning. Fortunately, no casualties were reported.
The fire started at the second floor of the six-storey building on plot 138 in road number
103 of Gulshan 2 around 11.37am.
On information, eight fire tenders rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control by 12.50 pm, said duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters control room, Md Rafi.
