2 fuel trucks catch fire at Dhaka airport’s under-construction terminal

2 fuel trucks catch fire at Dhaka airport’s under-construction terminal

Two fuel trucks caught fire this morning at Dhaka airport's third terminal which is under construction.

Kamrul Islam, executive director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, said the fire broke out during transfer of oil from one truck to another at about 10:12am.

Four units from Kurmitola and Uttara stations of the Fire Service and Civil Defence brought the fire under control. No one was injured, he said.

Rozina Akhter, duty officer at the fire service control room in Dhaka, told that the fire was doused around 11:30am.