Fire guts Uttara-11 kitchen market

A fire that broke out at a kitchen market in Dhaka's Uttara Sector 11 on Tuesday was successfully extinguished. The fire started at 2:02 am on Tuesday and was put out after one and a half hours.

At least eleven units of Uttara and Tongi Fire Service responded to the scene at Uttara Sector-11 Kacha Bazar near Zamzam Tower and managed to extinguish the blaze by 3:40 am, according to Anisur Rahman, a firefighter at the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters.

The fire brigade had initially brought the flames under control at 2:45 am, as stated by an official.

The extent of the damage will be determined after an investigation, Anisur mentioned, noting that no casualties had been reported so far.