Bashundhara City catches fire again

Staff Reporter Published: 21 August 2016, 05:55 AM | Updated: 20 October 2017, 08:49 AM
Bashundhara City catches fire again

A fire broke out on the sixth floor of Bashundhara City, the 12th largest shopping mall in the world, at 11.23am on Sunday.

Being informed about the matter, twenty units of Fire Service rushed to the spot to douse the blaze.

Duty officer of Fire Brigade, Ataur Rahman, confirmed the matter to Jagonews24.com.

Fire Service and Civil Defence Director General Ali Ahmed Khan told that fire fighters have rescued some 8-9 people who were trapped on the level 6.

On March 13, 2009, at least seven people were killed and 20 others injured in the raging blaze that broke out at the capital’s Bashundhara City shopping complex.