A fire has broken out at a five-storey building in the capital's Banani area on Saturday morning.
According to Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters sources, the fire originated at the storage on the third floor of the building at Banani Chairman Bari area around 9.10am.
Eleven fire-fighting units are working to bring the flame under control till the filing of this report.
However, the duty officer could not immediately confirm what actually sparked the fire.
A long tailback has been created as the vehicular movement on Banani-Airport Road came to a halt following the fire incident.
Earlier in May, a fire broke out on the second floor of a building located at Banani 11 which affected mainly the office space belonging to Fair Group and its employees.
