Sun News Desk : The massive fire that broke out at the Bangabazar Shopping Complex in the capital on Tuesday, was brought under control at 12:36pm.
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Most of the shops at the market have been burnt to ashes as those were mostly made of tin and wood. The blaze, later, spread some adjacent buildings and Enexco Tower and Banga Homeo.
Army personnel, Bangladesh Navy, BGB, Bangladesh Air Force were working to control the fire. Black smoke soon engulfed soon.
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It was known that there are 2,900 shops at Bangabazar market where around 1,50,000 employees work.
There are four markets- Bangabazar Market, Mahanagar Market, Adarsha Market, and Gulistan Market-- in the area.
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Rafi Al Farruq, Fire Service and Civil Defence control room duty officer, said the fire originated around 6:10am on Tuesday. Being informed, one fire fighting unit rushed to the spot at 6:12am. Later, others joined one after another.
Army personnel, Bangladesh Navy, BGB, Bangladesh Air Force were working to control the fire. Black smoke soon engulfed soon.
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Lastly, 50 firefighting units managed to extinguish the blaze after more than six-hour of frantic efforts.
Sun News/MR
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