At least 200 shanties  were gutted in a  fire at  a slum in the city's Ranavola area of Uttara sector-10 on Wednesday . Sources at the Fire Service and Civil Defence control room said the fire originated at the slum known as ‘Mustafa member balurmath basti’ around 12:20 pm and gutted the shanties. Also read:Dhaka Division saw 2,088 residential fires last year Five firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control at around 1:35pm, said duty officer Lima Khanom. The fire was doused at around 2:45 pm. The fire originated from a kitchen of a shanty and then it spread quickly. However, the extent of damages caused by the fire could not be ascertained immediately and no casualty was reported, she added.