The blaze began in the Laldighi area offices around 11:15am on Monday morning, Fire Service Chattogram Division Office Deputy Assistant Director Purna Chandra Mutshuddi told bdnews24.com. Thirteen fire service units from Agrabad, Nandankanon and the Chandanpura Fire Service were dispatched to the area and brought the fire under control within 45 minutes, said Chattogram Division Fire Service Deputy QAssistant Director Jashim Uddin. An electrical short circuit outside Room 5 on the second floor of the Detective Branch offices had started the fire, he said. The fire did not damage these offices, said Metropolitan Police Additional Commissioner Amena Begum. “The fire started from a short circuit outside a room on the second floor.

Source: bd News24 July 23, 2018 06:11 UTC