Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Officials from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Project have urged the public not to be misled by misinformation or rumours surrounding a recent fire that broke out near the plant in Pabna.

In a statement issued on Thursday night, Saikat Ahmed, senior scientific information officer for the plant's construction project, said the fire started in a pile of discarded wooden waste outside the plant's boundary wall and was brought under control within 40 minutes.

No damage was caused to the project and operations were unaffected, he added.

Earlier on Thursday, Sharful Ahsan Bhuiyan, assistant director of the Pabna Fire Service, had reported the fire.

According to the project authorities, the incident occurred at 12:20 pm nea...