Fire Service and Civil Defense (Operation and Maintenance) Lieutenant Colonel Tajul Islam Chowdhury and Deputy Director of Fire Service Mohammad Salah Uddin have been made the chairman and member secretary of the committee, respectively. Other members of the committee include Fire Service Assistant Director (Dhaka, Zone-2) Mohammad Anwarul Haq, Deputy Assistant Director (Dhaka, Zone-2) Mohammad […]
At around 7 pm, fire service members were seen spraying water from two machines and working to rescue people trapped inside. Members of the fire service broke the glass walls from the 10th floor to the 14th floor of the building and started extinguishing the fire. Salman Hussain was on the 12th floor of Khawaja […]
Shahjahan Shikdar, officer-in-charge of the Fire Service Media Cell, told Prothom Alo that the fire broke out around 5:00 pm on Thursday. He said, “We have received information that the fire broke out on the 13th floor of the 14-storey building. However, we are still unsure about the exact floor number,” he said, adding that […]
A fire broke out in a SA Paribahan building located in Kakrail in the capital.
Mohammad Mokbul Hussain had two rice shops in the capital’s Mohammadpur agricultural market, but a massive fire has destroyed both his shops. Mokbul Hussain said that there was rice worth Tk 25 lakh in both the shops; Half of the rice has been burnt to ashes and the remaining half is burnt, which will be […]
Earlier, Rashid bin Khalid, an official at the control room of the fire service, told the media that they received information about the fire at Mohammadpur Agricultural Market at 3:43 am on Thursday. 11 units of fire service reached the spot and started working to control the fire. Later two more units joined them.
Rohingya camp number one caught fire. 21 in Teknaf Upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Monday night, UNB reports. The fire broke out at Chakmarkhul-21 camp of Palongkhali union of Teknaf around 9 pm, police said. Confirming the blaze, sub-inspector (SI) of Vaikong police outpost Rokunajjaman said two units of the fire service and civil defense […]
Local people say that there is no fire service station in the Upazila. Though he contacted the nearby fire station in Mirpur soon after the fire broke out, it took so long for the fire brigade to reach the spot in another upazila
In this regard, Kamrul Hasan, President of Gausia Shop Owners Association told Prothom Aalo on Sunday, it is not true that Gausia market is under fire. He claims, ‘This market is self-sufficient in terms of fire safety. However, two-three days ago, the fire service had inspected and told to reduce the water reserve tank from […]
Talking to Prothom Alo, Duty Officer of Fire Service Control Room, Rashid Khan said that five units are working to douse the fire. He could not immediately tell the cause of the fire. Rashid Khan also said that the firefighters started the work of extinguishing the fire at around 10:53 am. Till the time of […]
Director General of Fire Service and Civil Defense Brigadier General MD Main Uddin has said that there is still fire and smoke in the multi-storey building named Annex Company adjacent to Bang Bazar. About 12 units of the fire department are working to extinguish the fire. Main Uddin disclosed this at a press conference at […]
The fire was brought under control at around 12:36 pm, said Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of the Fire Services and Civil Defense Headquarters. However, black smoke is still billowing from different places and firefighters are still working to douse the blaze completely. 48 units of fire engines are engaged in extinguishing the fire. However, the […]
