A fire broke out in VIP Tower, a multi-storeyed shopping mall-residential building, located in Kazir Deuri of Chattogram city early Wednesday (February 15, 2023).
Locals said that repair work was going on on the second floor of the building. A fire broke out while doing welding work with gas there. Later it spread to the building.
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Abdul Mottaleb, fireman of Nandankanan Fire Service, said that two teams of firefighters rushed to spot and fire is now under control.
“As far as I know, the fire started from an electrical short circuit,” he added.
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