Three fire incidents occurred in Dhaka and outside Dhaka from early morning to afternoon yesterday. Among them, there was one fire in the Godown slum in Banani, Dhaka, one in Gauchia in Narayanganj, and one in Ghazaria in Munshiganj. According to fire service sources, a fire broke out in the Gausia kitchen market of Rupganj, Narayanganj at the beginning of the day. Later, eight units of the fire service brought the fire under control at 5:45 am. It is known that more than two hundred shops in the Gausia kitchen market were burnt in that fire. Meanwhile, the Fire Service reported that a fire broke out in the Superboard factory at Ghazaria in Munshiganj around 1:10 PM.
The fire was not brought under control until the report was made yesterday. According to the latest news, 12 units of fire service are working there to control the fire. On the other hand, a fire broke out in the godown slum at Banani in the capital at 4:05 pm. As per the latest reports, eight fire service units are working on the spot. Initially, no casualties were reported in the fire. Rifat Mallik, in-charge of the fire service in Ghazaria, said, "We rushed to the spot after hearing about the fire. First, two units of Ghazaria Fire Service Station started working to extinguish the fire.
Later eight more units from Narayanganj and Dhaka joined the fire fighting. Due to the presence of combustible material inside, there is a problem in firefighting. Talking to some eyewitnesses, it is known that the workers saw the fire in the jute godown of the factory at noon. At first, the factory workers tried to put out the fire. After informing the fire service, they came to the spot and started extinguishing the fire. However, the fire spread inside the factory due to the narrow road and lack of water. Ghazaria upazila nirbahi officer Kohinur Akhtar said that fire service personnel are working to control the fire. Now the fire has reached a somewhat tolerable level. Meanwhile, the slum dwellers claimed that more than two hundred families were affected by the fire in the Banani godown slum of the capital.
Many of the slums lost everything in this fire and became destitute. A hijra named Lima said that 10 hijras lived in two houses in the slum. Some of them were inside the house while the rest were outside when the fire broke out. After receiving the news, hijra came to the spot and saw that everything including the house was burnt. Other hijras say that they bought things one by one with great difficulty by begging. Everything ended in fire today. They are crying asking where to stay now, where to go. Talking to others, it is known that about 200 people of the slum have lost everything in the fire. The fire spread so fast that no one could get out of the house with anything. Meanwhile, in the Golakandail area of Narayanganj Dhaka-Sylhet highway, Gausia kitchen market, and tin market fire, locals said, the fire started from a shop at Gausia kitchen market in the early morning. Immediately, the flames spread to the whole kitchen market and in the market.
After getting the news of the fire, some shops in the front of the market were able to take out the goods, but all the 200 shops inside were burnt to ashes.
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