A fire that engulfed two shops on the ground floor of a six-story building in Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area on Saturday morning has been doused.

Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) warehouse inspector Anwarul Islam said the fire started in one of the shops of ‘Solaiman Tower’ in the area around 8:59 am.

Six firefighting units from Lalbagh, Palashi and Siddique Bazar stations rushed to the spot and tamed the flame around 9:50 am, he said.

The origin of the fire and the damages caused by it could not be known immediately, the warehouse inspector added.