Fire Guts Valuables at Birdem Hospital-2

A fire broke out on the 2nd floor of Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM) Hospital-2 in the city' s Segunbagicha area on Wednesday night.

Lima Khanam, a duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence Control room, said the fire broke out on the second floor of the 14-storied hospital around 11:22 am.

On information, two firefighting units went to the spot and extinguished the blaze around 11:40 am.

Valuables worth Tk 2.5 lakh were gutted by the fire.

However, the origin of the fire could not be known immediately. No casualty was reported.

In another incident, a fire broke out at a polythene factory at Sawarighat in Old Dhaka on Thursday morning.

Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at the factory around 10:25 am.

On information, six firefighting units went to the spot and brought the fire under control around 11:08 am.

Affected factory owners claimed that the fire gutted valuables worth Tk 5 lakh.

Source: UNB