, Jan. 30 -- A fire broke out on the fifth floor of a five-storey building in Chairman Bari area of Banani in the capital on Friday evening.

Fire Service officials said the blaze started around 7:05 pm in a warehouse that stored cork sheets and hardboard.

Four units of firefighters from the Kurmitola and Baridhara fire stations rushed to the spot after receiving the alert and reached the scene at 7:22 pm.

They brought the fire under control by 7:54 pm, said Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector at the Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) headquarters media cell.

The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage could not be determined immediately.

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