News Desk : dhakamirror.com
The massive fire at Bangabazar Market was fully doused yesterday morning, after more than 75 hours of breaking out on early Tuesday.
The fire was doused around 9:30am, said Rakibul Hasan, duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence control room.
The fire originated around 6:10am on Tuesday at Adarsha Market of Bangabazar Shopping Complex, burning several thousand shops to ashes.
Initially, 48 firefighting units worked at the site and brought the blaze under control after six hours.
On Wednesday, DSCC Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh met the shop owners’ association leaders at the Nagar Bhaban and promised to give them financial support from the city corporation funds.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said that the DSCC will make Bangabazar a modern and safe market.
