Over 100 shanties were gutted in a fierce fire at a slum in the city’s Mohakhali area early Monday.
Quamrul Ahsan, duty officer at the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters control room, said the fire broke out at ‘Sat Tala Slum’ around 3:57 am and it soon engulfed the entire slum area.
On information, 18 firefighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze around 6:35 am.
While briefing reporters on Monday morning, Brig Mohammad Sazzad Hossain, Director General of Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the fire might have originated from an electric short circuit or any illegal gas connection.