Attempt of sabotage or just accident? Massive fire engulfs Bangladesh Secretariat housing 7 ministries – India TV
Image Source : AP (FILE) Fire forced the buildings to halt their operations. A major building of the Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka on Thursday came under massive fire, which resulted into the damage of official documents. In response, authorities have formed a high-powered investigation committee over suspicions of an act of sabotage. It took almost six hours of firefighting effort to bring under control the fire which broke out in Building 7 of the Bangladesh Secretariat. In early morning on Thursday, the fire broke out in the nine-storey building, which houses seven ministries inside the high-security complex, said authorities. Notably, no casualties have been reported so far. According to officials, a power outage caused by the fire forced other ministries apart from the building as well to halt their normal work while security agencies restricted entry inside the complex preventing many staff and officials from entering into the complex at the central part of the capital. What do officials say? “The fire broke out in three spots (of the building) simultaneously hours after midnight yesterday,” fire service chief Brigadier …
