Fire at helmet warehouse in Bangshal brought under control

A fire that broke out at a helmet warehouse in Old Dhaka’s Bangshal area on Sunday evening was brought under control after nearly two hours of efforts.

Firefighters were alerted to the incident at Mukimbazar around 6pm, said Rozina Akter, duty officer at the control room of Fire Service and Civil Defence.

Seven firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control around 7:55pm, she said.

The cause of the fire could not be known immediately.