The fire erupted on the eighth floor of the 13-storey building
Published : 29 Dec 2022, 08:25 PM
Firefighters have doused a fire that broke out in the hostel of City Dental College at Nikunja in Dhaka’s Khilkhet.
The fire erupted on the eighth floor of the 13-storey building around 7pm on Thursday.
Nine fire trucks from three units of the firefighters doused the fire around 8:40pm, said Kazi Rokonuzzaman, an assistant director at the Fire Service and Civil Defence.
He said the students left the hostel immediately after the fire erupted. The firefighters helped four of them evacuate. “They were slightly injured.”
The building also houses a convention centre and several offices, including a bank.