Fire at building in Dhaka's Banani

A fire broke out at a building in Dhaka's Banani area this morning.

The fire originated on the second floor of a six-storey building at Chairmanbari area around 9:15am. Nine firefighting units area trying to douse it, said Rozina Khanam, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters.

The cause of the fire could not be known immediately.

Three firefighting units of Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Air Force have joined Fire Service and Civil Defence to bring the fire under control, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).