Fire at TCB warehouse damages 20 tonnes of soybean oil, 10 tonnes chickpeas

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

The state-run corporation, however, could not determine the cause of the fire that originated early Wednesday.

A three-member committee has been formed to investigate into the incident and it have been asked to submit its report within the next seven days.

TCB Chairman Ariful Hassan told The Daily Star, "We initially estimate that 20 tonnes of soybean oil and 10-12 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, it received information about the fire in the TCB warehouse at 11:54 pm on Tuesday.

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

A total of three units worked there to douse the fire.

The fire service personnel brought the fire under control at 12:24 am, according to the message.