Dhaka Bureau: The National Emergency Service 999 service has been temporarily suspended due to the terrible fire in Bangabazar, the capital, police headquarters said. This information was provided in a small message sent to the media from the police headquarters on Tuesday, April 4, at 12:30 p.m.
The police headquarters has requested to contact the local police station or fire station in case of an emergency.
Earlier, at 6:10 am, a fire broke out at Bangabazar Market. 50 fire service units are working to bring the fire under control. Members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force are also working with it.
Bangbazar’s tin-shingled two-story market has become a complete ruin. The flames are still burning in between.
Several fire service units have also joined from Gazipur and Narayanganj. A total of 50 units are working to control the fire; however, it is not possible to bring it under control. Initially, the cause of the fire and the extent of the damage were not known.
However, fire service officials say that they are trying to control the fire as much as possible. Due to this, traffic has been stopped on the surrounding roads. Fire service is taking water from the pond of Dhaka University (DU) hall. Even so, water is being brought from Hatirjheel by helicopter because of the crisis. Fire service members have to speed up to put out the fire due to the extra people going there.
Several firemen were injured while trying to control the fire in Bangabazar. First, they entered the seven-story annex market building to put out the fire in Bangabazar. Later, they were trapped there as the fire spread rapidly there too. The fire service officials said that they were brought out of there in an injured condition after receiving information. They have been admitted to the Dhaka Medical and Sheikh Hasina Burn Institute.
