Fire damages goods at TCB warehouse

About 20 tonnes of soybean oil and 10 tonnes of chickpeas were damaged when a fire broke out at a warehouse of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) in Dhaka's Tejgaon on Tuesday.

However, the state-run corporation is yet to determine the cause of the fire. A three-member committee has been formed to investigate the incident and will submit a report within the next seven days.

TCB Chairman Ariful Hassan said approximately 20 tonnes of soybean oil and 10 to 12 tonnes of chickpeas were damaged in the fire.

"The exact extent of the damage will be known after receiving the investigation report," he said.

According to a message from the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence, they received information about the fire at 11:54pm on Tuesday.

The first unit of the fire service had reached the spot at 12:03am.