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Uttara slum fire under control

The fire that broke out in a slum in capital Dhaka's Uttara area on Saturday afternoon has been brought under control.

The fire personnel brought the fire under control at about 5:50 pm, around an hour's frantic efforts.

Fire Service and Civil Defence duty officer Rozina Akter confirmed the matter to Jago News.

She said a slum beside the rail line at Sector-8 caught fire around 4:58 pm and being informed, six units of firefighters brought the blaze under control at about 5:50 pm.

But the cause of the fire and any casualty could not be known yet, the official added.

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