A fire broke out at the Dhaka Tax Zone-14 office in the capital鈥檚 Shegunbagicha area on Saturday afternoon.
No casualties were reported in the incident that occurred on a weekly holiday.
Neither the fire service officials nor the officials of Dhaka Tax Zone-14 could say the extent of the damage and the exact cause of the fire.
According to the Fire Service and Civil Defence, the blaze started at about 3:00pm on the ninth floor of the 10-story commercial building 鈥楢l-Tariq Tower鈥�.
Md Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of the Fire Service and Civil Defence media cell, said that five firefighting units worked at the scene to bring the blaze under control.
On information, the first unit reached the scene at about 3:15pm while the units brought the blaze under control at about 3:30pm, he said.
Fire Service and Civil Defence鈥檚 Dhaka south zone commander, Faisalur Rahman, said that firefighters had to break the glass of the floor for natural ventilation as the ventilation facility was very poor there.
The cause behind the fire will be known in the full investigation, he said, adding that they were primarily suspecting an electrical fault for the fire. 聽Dhaka Tax Zone-14 commissioner of taxes, Sabina Yasmin, told 抖阴精品 that the exact information about the damage was not known yet.
鈥榃e could not go there immediately as there was a security issue and there was no electricity there,鈥� she said, adding that an investigation committee has been formed under the tax zone and details will be known after the investigation.
Different companies, contractors and individual taxpayers from Dhaka North City Corporation鈥檚 Ward-3, Ward-4, Ward-14, Ward-15 and Ward-16 pay their taxes under Dhaka Tax Zone-14 office.
The geographical jurisdiction of the tax office includes Madina Nagar, Baisteki, Rokeya Sarani, Mirpur Road, Senpara Parbata, Kazipara, Shewrapara, Manikdi, Matikata, Balughat, Lalarshoi, Bhashantek, Kafrul, Kachukhet Road and Ibrahimpur. 聽