Chittagong/IBNS: A fire broke out at Johur Hawkers Market in Bangladesh's Chittagong city on Saturday media reports said.
The fire originated in the city's largest hawkers market located under Kotwali police station around 3:50am on Saturday, according to the Agrabad Control Room of Fire Service and Civil Defence, reported Dhaka Tribune.
Fifteen vehicles from four units rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control.
Jasim Uddin, deputy assistant director of Chittagong Fire Service and Civil Defence, told Dhaka Tribune that the cause and the extent of damage due to the fire could not be ascertained immediately.
"The fire is now under control. We are now dousing the flames," the official added.
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