Fire guts electronic items at Chattogram port
A container loaded with imported electronic goods was gutted when a fire broke out inside a yard of Chattogram port yesterday morning.
Chattogram Port Authority Secretary Md Omar Faruk said the fire broke out suddenly in a container stored at the yard around 6:30am. Firefighters from Bandar Fire Station rushed to the spot, he said.
"The container was immediately shifted elsewhere so that the fire could not spread to other containers and we managed to extinguish the fire by 8:30am."
Electronic items, including mobile phone batteries, were inside the container, he said, adding that the fire might have originated from the batteries.
A port authority official said losses from the fire could amount to Tk 40 lakh.
A three-member committee has been formed to investigate the incident.
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