A fire that broke out in a shoe warehouse at Alu Bazar in Old Dhaka on Thursday evening has been brought under control. The fire started around 5 pm on the fifth floor of a five-storied building. Read more: Fire breaks out at BM container depot in Chattogram Six firefighting units brought the blaze under control around 5:35 pm, said Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of fire service and civil defense headquarters (media cell). The origin of the fire could not be known yet.

Police have arrested the owner of ‘Barishal Hotel and Restaurant’ in connection with the deadly fire incident that left 6 people dead in Kamalbag area of Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar on Monday. Rajiv Kumar Sarkar, sub-inspector (SI) of Chawkbazar Model Police Station, said Mohammad Fakhruddin was arrested from Keraniganj early Tuesday. Also read: 6 charred bodies retrieved from Old Dhaka plastic factory: Fire Service All the six dead were employees of the restaurant located on the ground floor of the four-storey building that caught fire Monday noon. A case was filed against four people including the restaurant owner and the building owner at Chawkbazar police station on Monday night following  a complaint from Mohammad Ali, the elder brother of  deceased Rubel. Read Fire at Old Dhaka's plastic factory brought under control Meanwhile, the bodies have been kept at Mitford Hospital morgue for an autopsy. After autopsy the bodies of the victims, who have been identified, will be handed over to their relatives. DNA samples will be collected from relatives of those deceased who have not been identified, added the officer. Also read: Fire breaks out at Old Dhaka plastic factory

A fire broke out in a multistoried building in the capital’s Islampur area on Monday. The fire broke out at Royal Tower around 2:10 pm and spread soon, said Md Shahjahan Shikdar, Deputy assistant director (media cell) of Fire Service and Civil Defence. REad: Worker burnt dead in N'ganj fire, another injured On information, eight firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control around 2:40 pm.

A fire broke out at a plastic factory in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar area early today.