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A fire that razed through two shops on the ground floor of a six storey building in Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area on Saturday (20 January) morning has been brought under control around one hour.
Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) headquarters media cell, said the fire started in one of the shops of ‘Solaiman Tower’ in the areaaround 8:59 am.
On information, six firefighting units from Lalbagh, Palashi and Siddique Bazar stations rushed to the spot and tamed the flame around 9:50 am, he said.
The origin of the fire and damages caused by it could not be known immediately, the warehouse inspector added.
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