A fire broke out at a nine-storey commercial building at Kataban in the capital on Monday night.

The media cell at the Fire Service and Civil Defence (FCSD) said the fire originated from the fourth floor of Sheltech Sierra Computer City Market on New Elephant Road at Bata Signal.

Being informed, the first unit of the fire brigade reached the spot at 7:35 pm. Later, nine more units were dispatched to the incident place.

The flames could not be brought under control till the filing of this report at 9:05pm. No casualty was reported till that time.