Fire at DCAB lounge at Foreign Ministry, extinguished before Fire Service arrived

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.

Related persons said the Fire Service is investigating to find out the actual cause and origin of the fire.