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A fire that broke out at Bangladesh Medical University at Shahbagh intersection of Dhaka, was brought under control within a short time on Wednesday morning.

Rashed Bin Khalid, duty officer (media cell) at Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters, said that the fire broke out at the fourth floor at A-block of the hospital at about 11:14am.


On information, seven firefighting units from multiple stations were dispatched while the blaze was brought under control at about 11:32am, he said.聽

No reports of casualties or people trapped inside the fire-affected block were found, the duty official added.