20140611 Bangladesh Secretariat fire under control
Bangladesh Jun 11 2014 “Building”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Secretariat fire under control
Updated: 2014-06-11-21:14
A room at Bangladesh’s administrative hub, the Secretariat, caught fire on Wednesday.
Secretariat officials said the fire on the 18th floor at building No.6 was put out within 10 minutes after it started in the afternoon.
Fire fighters blamed the incident on an electrical short-circuit.
Education ministry PRO Subodh Chandra Dhali said they evacuated the floor after seeing black smoke belching out of the room.
“We were dousing the flames with own fire-fighting equipment when the fire fighters arrived and extinguished the fire,” he said.
No-one was injured.
Fire Service control room officer Nilufar Yasmin said the room contained electrical equipment.
“One of the boxes caught fire,” she said.
Secretariat officials could not immediately assess the extent of damage.
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