Fire breaks out in BB vault in Barishal
A fire broke out inside a coin vault of Bangladesh Bank’s Barishal branch yesterday morning, which was doused within 10 minutes without reports of major damage.
The central bank’s officials said security personnel realised around 10am that a fire had erupted inside the locked vault on the first floor.
They used fire extinguishers to put it out, just minutes before fire fighters arrived on the scene.
One of the firefighters present at the spot blamed faulty wiring. His initial assessment suggests two wall-mounted ceiling fans, a table, a chair and a filing cabinet had been damaged.Faruqe Hossain Shilder, deputy assistant director of district fire fighting unit, praised the security personnel’s response.
He said they had formed a three-member team, headed by an assistant director, to investigate the incident. Another seven-member body, headed by a general manager, was formed by Bangladesh Bank to do the same, confirmed the branch’s executive director, Manoj Kanti Bairagi.
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