Fire breaks out in Banani building

Fire breaks out in Banani building

A fire broke out at a building in Dhaka city's Banani neighbourhood on Saturday morning.

The fire originated on the second floor of the six-storey building in the Chairmanbari area around 9:10am, said Md Bazlur Rashid, deputy assistant director of the Fire Service and Civil Defence.

Eleven firefighting units are currently trying to douse the blaze, he added.

The first floor of the building houses the office of the private TV channel Ananda TV and the showroom of Amecon.

The cause of the fire and the damages incurred could not be known immediately.