Valuables worth Tk 7 lakh gutted
A fire gutted valuables worth Tk 7 lakh at the Oxygen branch of Mutual Trust Bank Ltd at Oxygen intersection of Bayezid Police Station in the port city yesterday.
Fire fighters sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in the office at the first floor of a three-storey building owned by Dr Lt Col Runa Begum around 1:25am and soon engulfed the valuables.
On information, fire fighters from Bayezid Fire Station rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze around 3:00am.
Two money counting machines, three close circuit cameras, two LCD monitors, three ACs, furniture and other valuables were burnt in the fire, the sources added.
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