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Oil tanker fire on the Buriganga brought under control after 1.5hrs

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NN Online Report:

Firefighters brought the fire that broke out in an oil tanker on the Buriganga river in Narayanganj’s Fatullah this afternoon under control after around one and a half hours.

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Eight fire engines brought the blaze under control around 3:00pm that originated around 1:30pm, said Shahjahan Sikder, deputy assistant director of fire service’s media cell.

The cause of the fire could not be known immediately.

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