A fire that broke out in a container at Kamalapur Railway Station on Saturday afternoon  has been brought under control. The fire started around 3:40 pm  and five fire fighting units managed to bring the flames under control around 6:30 pm, said Md Shahjahan Shikdar, deputy assistant director (media cell) of Fire Service and Civil Defence. Also read: Fire at spinning mills in N'ganj, Narsingdhi “The origin of the fire and extent of damages from it could not be ascertained yet,” said Md Shahjahan Shikdar. Fortunately, no causalities were reported. Also read: 7 die in India building fire

At least 39 people were charred to death and 72 others injured in a massive fire that ripped through a launch carrying some 800 passengers from Dhaka to Barguna in the early hours of Friday. The blaze, in fact, began on Avijan-10 in the midstream of the Sugandha River off the coast of Jhalokati district's Sadar upazila, 250kms south of Dhaka, around 3am. Within five to 10 minutes, the flames engulfed the vessel. "We were alerted around 3.30am," Fazlul Haque of Fire Service and Civil Defence in Barishal, told UNB. However, the first firefighting vessels took some time to reach the ill-fated launch due to dense fog in the area. Also read: 3 dead, 44 injured in India refinery fire “Thirty-seven bodies have been recovered and 72 people rescued from the ill-fated launch," Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Jhalokathi Moinul Haque told UNB. Of the 37 bodies, four were identified and the remaining 33 bodies were sent to Jhalokathi Sadar Hospital Morgue, said the ASP. Of the 72 injured, 66 have been admitted to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) in Barishal with serious burns. The others are being treated at Jhalokathi Sadar Hospital. "Of the 66, with up to 50% burns, 18 are women," said Dr Moniruzzaman, assistant director at the SBMCH. "Three women and four men with life-threatening burns have been referred to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital as we've no dedicated burn unit." UNB Barishal Correspondent reports that two of the injured succumbed to burn injuries on the way to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.

The fire that broke out at a garment factory in city’s Kamalapur area on Sunday morning was doused.

A woman was burnt to death as a fire broke out at a multi-storey building on Bashbari Mandir road in the city’s Mohammadpur area on Friday.

A fire that broke out at a slum at Chalantika in the city’s Mirpur area on Friday was put out after hours of frantic efforts.