A fire has raced through a two-storied shoe market in the capital's Bangabandhu Avenue.
The fire broke out at Bata Bazaar immediately after Friday midnight and gutted shoes in the showroom and a warehouse on the upper floor, said fire service control room official Farhad Hossain.. But there were no reports of any casualties.
The showroom is located beside the ruling Awami League headquarters.
Hossain said 10 fire service units laboured for three hours and brought the blaze under control around 4am in the morning.
All the goods in the building were burned, he said.
On Saturday morning, fire fighters were seen hosing water on the building's second floor from the rooftop after making a hole in the ceiling as they saw smoke coming out of the warehouse.
Fire brigade director (operations) Mohammad Mahbub told around 11am that the fire was under control "but we are still unable to enter the warehouse".
Fire brigade director general Abu Nayeem Mohammad Shahidullah said they could not immediately determine the source of the fire but would launch an investigation to see if this was an act of arson.
The fire initially originated on the ground floor around 1am and spread to the two upper floors, Bata officials said.
Fire fighters said that even though they reached the spot quickly it took three hours to tame the blaze as the fumes from burning rubber, fabrics and leather made their access difficult.
The showroom's manager Mohammad Hafizur Rahman initially claimed that shoes worth Tk 40 million were destroyed and that the total loss could stand around Tk 70 million.
Bata human resource division manager Mohammad Kamal Hossain, however, said, "It will take time to determine exact losses."
The fire broke out at Bata Bazaar immediately after Friday midnight and gutted shoes in the showroom and a warehouse on the upper floor, said fire service control room official Farhad Hossain.. But there were no reports of any casualties.
The showroom is located beside the ruling Awami League headquarters.
Hossain said 10 fire service units laboured for three hours and brought the blaze under control around 4am in the morning.
All the goods in the building were burned, he said.
On Saturday morning, fire fighters were seen hosing water on the building's second floor from the rooftop after making a hole in the ceiling as they saw smoke coming out of the warehouse.
Fire brigade director (operations) Mohammad Mahbub told around 11am that the fire was under control "but we are still unable to enter the warehouse".
Fire brigade director general Abu Nayeem Mohammad Shahidullah said they could not immediately determine the source of the fire but would launch an investigation to see if this was an act of arson.
The fire initially originated on the ground floor around 1am and spread to the two upper floors, Bata officials said.
Fire fighters said that even though they reached the spot quickly it took three hours to tame the blaze as the fumes from burning rubber, fabrics and leather made their access difficult.
The showroom's manager Mohammad Hafizur Rahman initially claimed that shoes worth Tk 40 million were destroyed and that the total loss could stand around Tk 70 million.
Bata human resource division manager Mohammad Kamal Hossain, however, said, "It will take time to determine exact losses."
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