National Museum fire put out

A fire that broke out in a gallery of Bangladesh National Museum at Shahbagh in the city on Sunday morning, was controlled soon after. Officials said it broke out in the Gallery Number 44 on the third floor of the museum around 9:00 am. According to the museum website, the gallery hosts token of China, Korea, Iran and Switzerland as part of world civilisation. Museum’s Director General Quamrun Nahar Khanam said several officials informed the fire service post-haste when they saw smoke in the third floor. The firefighters were able to put it out within 30 minutes. Secretary of Cultural Affairs Ranjit Kumar Biswas rushed to the museum on hearing of the fire. He said an investigation committee would be formed to probe how the fire broke out. Fire service officials could not immediately ascertain the cause of the fire. Museum’s Director Mahbubur Rahman said the fire spread in the museum’s gallery number 44, but he said no major damage has been caused. Rahman assumed an electric short-circuit had caused the fire, according to bdnews24.com.