A fire broke out at the lounge of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) on the second floor of the old building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The fire started around 3:30 pm on Monday (October 26). However, it was extinguished before Fire Service personnel arrived at the scene.
Talha Bin Jasim, an official at the Fire Service control room, confirmed the matter and said that books and papers caught fire in the journalists' sitting room on the second floor of the five-story building. After receiving the news, two units of Siddique Bazar Fire Station set off for the scene, but the fire was extinguished before that.
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Related persons said the Fire Service is investigating to find out the actual cause and origin of the fire.
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