A fire that broke out at the scrapyard behind the Shahbagh police station in Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon has been brought under control.

The fire started around 2:45pm while the first unit reached the spot at 2:58pm, according to the media cell of the Fire Service and Civil Defence.

Three firefighting units tamed the blaze around 3:20pm, it added.

The cause of the fire could not be known immediately.