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A three-storey building along Majhirghat Parbarti Pukur (pond) in Sadarghat area of the port city of Chattogram tilted towards a nearby building on Monday night, triggering panic among locals.
According to the fire service control room, a rescue team from Agrabad Fire Service Station rushed to the spot around 11 pm to evacuate the residents of the building.
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Meanwhile, Assistant Director of the Fire Service (Ctg) Faruq Sikder, who was present at the spot, said the building tilted towards the adjacent building due to the ongoing excavation work of a drainage project.
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“We’ve already evacuated the residents of the building,” he said.