The fire started around 1:45pm, the Fire Service said
Oil depot catches fire in Sitakunda
A massive fire has broken out from an oil depot in Sitakunda.
Published : 16 Jan 2019, 10:11 AM
Updated : 16 Jan 2019, 10:43 AM
The depot for storing oil collected from vessels at ship-breaking yards at Fouzdarhat caught fire around 2pm Wednesday.
Twelve fire-fighting trucks struggled to douse the flames, said Jashim Uddin, deputy assistant director of the Fire Service at Chittagong.
The fire was eventually doused around 4pm. So far no casualties have been reported.
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