Fire breaks out in Agrani Bank in Ctg

Fire gutted valuables worth Tk 20,000 at a state-owned commercial bank in Kazir Dewri area in Chittagong city yesterday.

The fire originated from generator around 11:15am and was doused within half an hour before it could spread out of the generator room of Agrani Bank, Kazir Dewri Branch, housed on the first floor of Apollo Shopping Centre, said Nandan Kanan fire service officials.

Two fire units were deployed.

AM Abid Hossain, general manager of Agrani Bank Ltd, Chittagong, said, “Our staffs tried to douse the blaze with fire extinguishers as well as informed the fire service officials.”

No valuable document was damaged, he added.