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Fire burns down workshop, rickshaw garage, eatery in Gazipur
A workshop, rickshaw garage and an eatery have been gutted in two separate fires in Gazipur.
Published : 19 Feb 2017, 07:13 AM
Updated : 19 Feb 2017, 07:13 AM
Fire service said the incidents were reported from Bhogra and Chotorbazar in the city.
On Sunday, around 7:30 am, a fire broke out at an eatery named 'Kolombia,' at Bhogra, said Joydebpur Fire Service Station officer Md Hasibul Islam.
The fire erupted from a gas cylinder used in cooking inside the restaurant, he said.
Another fire broke out at a workshop in Chotorbazar around 3am Saturday.
It spread to the adjacent rickshaw garage which housed a couple of rickshaws, officer Hasibul said.
Fire fighting units from Joydebpur Fire Service put out the flames in both places, he told bdnews24.com.
No casualties have been reported so far and fire service is yet to assess the damage.
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