At least 200 shanties were gutted as a fire broke Out in a slum in the city’s Ranavola area of Uttara sector-10 on Wednesday.
Fire Service and Civil Defence control room said the fire originated from a kitchen of a shanty and spread quickly at the slum known as ‘Mustafa member balurmath basti’ around 12:20 pm.
Five fire fighting units rushed to the spot and doused the fire at around 2:45 pm, said duty officer Lima Khanom.
However, the extent of damages caused by the fire could not be ascertained immediately and no casualty was reported, she added.
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