Dhaka, June 19 -- The fire at city's Baitul Mukarram market was extinguished after 40 minutes of frantic efforts on Wednesday afternoon.

It broke out around 11:40am on the market's ground floor and spread quickly, said a duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence control room.

On information, four firefighting units rushed to spot and doused the blaze.

There was no report of any casualty.

The extent of damage and the cause of the fire could not be ascertained yet.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from United News of Bangladesh....