As many as 20 firefighters’ units worked relentlessly and brought the flame under control that broke out at Chalantika slum in city’s Mirpur area this evening, reports BSS.
“The fire originated from middle of the slum around 7.22 pm and soon engulfed the adjacent shanties, said a spokesman of Fire Service and Civil Defense control room.
Locals claimed that many shanties were gutted in the fire.