Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- The Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) has intensified a nationwide blaze control campaign as the dry winter season creates extra scopes for ignition of deadly infernos, officials said.

"We are carrying out various awareness programmes for fire safety and operating mobile courts against violation of fire laws and rules across the country," fire service spokesman M Shahjahan Sikder said.

Sikder, who is FSCD's senior staff officer tasked to run its media wing, said the fire fighters throughout the country were staging fire drills in different public and private establishments, impart training to government employees and ordinary people and distributing leaflets.

He said the FSCD campaign was also focused on schools a...