Fire at Barishal Plaza Market doused

Staff Reporter  :
Another massive fire that broke out on Saturday morning in Capital’s Barishal Plaza Market, opposite to Bangabazar which burned down just five days ago, was doused.
The fire broke out on the 3rd floor of the market around 8:05am and spread soon, said Shahjahan Shikder, media wing officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence.
On information, 14 firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control around 8:45am, he said. The cause of fire and the extent of damages could not be known immediately, he added.
No casualty has been reported in the incident.
Earlier on April 4, a massive fire broke out at the Bangabazar Market in Dhaka and it spread to some other nearby markets, burning several thousand shops, with mainly readymade clothes and footwear, to ashes.