The fire broke out in a four-storey building behind the Shahi Mosque at Churihatta around 10:30pm on Wednesday and later spread to four other buildings in a grim reminder of the fatal 2010 Nimtali fire. The ground floor of the building, where the fire originated, housed some shops. The first floor was being used as a warehouse of plastic goods, cosmetics and perfume. Some families lived on the other floors, a resident of the area said. The fire originated from an electric short circuit, said Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, a deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

Source: bd News24 February 21, 2019 02:03 UTC