Fire from Hotel Gas Cylinder in Gazipur’s Sreepur Burns Expatriate’s 13 Homes, a Hotel and a Shop
A fire that started from a gas cylinder at a food hotel in Sreepur, Gazipur, has burned down 13 homes, a food hotel and a shop belonging to Dubai expatriate Nishat Dhali. The fire broke out today, Sunday (November 15), at around 9 am in front of the Denimac factory in the Gargaria Masterbari area of Sreepur municipality. No casualties were reported in the incident.
On receiving the news, two units of the Sreepur Fire Service reached the spot and brought the fire under control after about half an hour of effort. By then, however, every home and the furniture inside had already burned.
The owner of the damaged house is Dubai expatriate Nishat Dhali. His relative Babul Mia said Nishat Dhali had bought the house about a year and a half ago, with its 13 homes and two shops. The homes were rented out to workers of various local garment factories, and one of the two shops was being run as a food hotel.
Babul Mia said the fire started at around 9 am today from the gas cylinder of the rented food hotel. Within moments the flames spread to the neighbouring homes. Local people tried to put out the fire, and the Sreepur Fire Service was also informed.
Sreepur Fire Service station officer Nurul Karim said two fire service units went to the spot on receiving the news and brought the fire under control after about half an hour of effort. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage will be known after an investigation, he said, adding that there were no casualties in the incident.
