Fire at Bangladesh Secretariat building brought under control after six hours

Fire ravages secretariat building, spreads across 3 floors: Home Adviser

The fire that broke out in building number 7 of Bangladesh Secretariat has been brought under control, the Fire Service said on Thursday.
It took 19 units of the fire service and scores of fire fighters at least six hours to tame the blaze.
Inspector Anwarul Islam of the Fire Service and Civil Defence media cell said 19 units worked to extinguish the fire.
Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that the devastating fire broke out on the sixth floor of the Building No-7 of the Secretariat and spread to the seventh and eighth floors respectively.
He came up with the information while briefing reporters in front of the Secretariat, the hub of the country administration, on Thursday morning.
The fire was brought under control at 8:05 am Thursday, he added. Fire fighter, identified by one name Nayan, died during the efforts to control the blaze, officials said.
The fire service received information about the fire at the Secretariat building shortly after midnight of Wednesday.