Picture showing a part of Gulshan DNCC Market gutted by fire on the early hour of Saturday, march 30, 2019 Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka TribuneThe market was gutted by a devastating fire in January 2017A fire that broke out in the kitchen market of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) in Gulshan 1 area has been completely doused. Responding to queries, Fire Service control room officer Ataur Rahman also confirmed that the fire in Gulshan 1 DNCC market was brought under control around 8:25am. 291 shops guttedAround 291 shops were gutted in the fire. Their shops in the DNCC supermarket had contained disposable plastic products, crockery items, carpets, ceramics and more. This is the second time they became victims of fire that erupted in the DNCC market, as their shops were destroyed previously when a fire gutted part of the market in January 2017.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 30, 2019 01:31 UTC