Milk Vita slum catches fire

At least 40 shanties were damaged when a fire broke out at Milk Vita slum at city’s Mirpur section-10 on Monday morning. Shahjadi Sultana, a fire brigade station officer at the headquarters, said the fire originated from a stove of the slum around 11:50am and it soon raged through the area, damaging 40 shanties of the slum. On information, eight firefighting units from different fire stations of the city, including Mirpur fire station, rushed to the spot and doused the flame around 12:40pm, according to UNB.