Fire service blames absence of fire safety system

Fire Service headquarters director (operation and maintenance) Lt Col Md Tajul Islam said there was no fire safety and no primary firefighting system at Mohammadpur Krishi Market.

He made the remark while replying to a query from reporters after inspecting the spot on Thursday (September 14) noon.

Tajul Islam said, “Being informed about the fire, we arrived at the market within nine minutes. We have been working to extinguish the fire since 3:52am and able to douse the blaze at 9:25am. Total 150 firemen from 17 units were working.”