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GAZIPUR: A fire in Sreepur, Gazipur, destroyed a tin-roofed mosque, warehouses storing scrap materials and cotton, a sanitary goods shop, several poultry shops, furniture shops, a scrap shop and six rooms of a house.
The fire broke out at around 3:45am on Wednesday (August 21) at No. 2 CMD Bazar in Ward 7 of Sreepur Municipality. Four Fire Service units brought the blaze under control after nearly two hours of efforts.
The fire destroyed two warehouses owned by Shafiqul Islam, a sanitary goods and rod-cement shop owned by Rafiqul Islam, a poultry shop belonging to Shahidul Islam Falan, a cotton warehouse owned by another Shafik, several furniture shops and six rooms of a house.
Shafiqul Islam Shafi, a scrap trader, said goods worth more than Tk 1.5 crore were reduced to ashes in his two warehouses.
Rafiqul Islam, a sanitary goods trader, said the fire caused extensive damage to his sanitary products and cement packed in plastic sacks.
Shahidul Islam Falan, a poultry trader who witnessed the incident, said he spotted the fire while unloading chickens from a pickup van at his shop at night. Hearing his shouts, the market security guard and others rushed to the scene.
Nurul Karim, station officer of the Sreepur Fire Service, said two units from the Sreepur Fire Service station began working to control the fire after receiving the alert at 3:55am. As the fire intensified, another unit from Sreepur and one from the Rajendrapur Modern Fire Station joined the operation.
He said the four units brought the fire under control at 5:48am after nearly two hours of efforts.
No casualties were reported initially. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage will be determined after an investigation.
