Dhaka, Nov. 5 -- A fire has broken out on the ground floor of a 14-storey building in the Kaderabad Housing area of Dhala's Mohammadpur.

The Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence said they received information that a fire had broken out at an electrical meter board on the ground floor of a building next to Alhaz Mockbul Hossain College around 12:00 pm on Wednesday.

Fire Service Duty Officer Rozina Akhter said firefighters rushed to the scene and brought the flames under control by 12:30 pm.

"The Fire Service took a child to the hospital after she fell ill due to the smoke," she said.

Residents of the building hurried downstairs when news of the fire spread, triggering panic, according to a bdnews24.com report.

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