Gulistan Patal market at high risk of fire danger

Staff Reporter  :
Gulistan underground (Patal) market in the city has been declared risky to fire incidents.
On Thursday, fire service and civil defense department made the announcement after visiting the market place.
Fire Service’s Dhaka District Zone-1 Deputy Assistant Director Md Bazlur Rashid said there
is no source of water in Gulistan underground (Patal) market. There is no way to get water there in case of fire.
Even, there is no fire alarm system (detector). There are some fire extinguishers in the market but all of them are expired and ineffective. The ventilation system is found completely ineffective. The stairs of the market are small and narrow.
Not only that, the fire service had submitted a similar report after visiting the market two years ago. But even after submitting that report, no action was taken into account, he said.
Bazlur Rashid also said, we are giving the copy of the report. Today’s inspection report will be submitted to HQ.
In the last one-month, we have visited so many multi-storied buildings including markets in Dhaka Zone-1 area. We found all of them risky. Nine of them were found highly flammable, the official added.