Published on 05:43 PM, August 26, 2014

Navy warship catches fire at Ctg port

Navy warship catches fire at Ctg port

BNS Umar Farooq (ex-Llandaff). This photo is taken from Bangladesh Defence website.

A warship of Bangladesh Navy caught fire at Chittagong port this afternoon.
The fire originated around 2:00pm from the kitchen of the ship -- BNS Omar Faroque, the Bangla daily Prothom Alo reports quoting sources at the navy, port and fire service.
Two tugboats -- Kandari-2 and Kandari-10, two navy ships and five firefighting units rushed to the spot and doused the blaze.