Three hurt in Savar bank fire
Three security guards were injured and valuables gutted as a fire broke out in the BKSP branch office of Uttara Bank Ltd in Savar, outskirts of the capital, yesterday.
Two of the injured were admitted to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The victims were asleep inside the bank office when the fire started.
The reason behind the fire could not be known immediately.
Local people saw flames coming out of the bank at about 7:00am. On information, two units of firefighters rushed in and doused the blaze after half an hour.
Fire service sources said the fire burned down valuables, worth Tk 35 lakh, including four computers, furniture, and valuable documents.
Senior station officer Akhteruzzaman of DEPZ fire station said the vault and a computer, however, were unharmed.
He said the fire might have originated from an electric short circuit.
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