The fire service received information about the incident around 6:45pm.
TBS Report
13 October, 2026, 09:00 pm
Last modified: 13 October, 2026, 09:07 pm
A fire broke out on the second floor of Building 6 at the Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka today 13 October), but it was extinguished before firefighters reached the scene.
The fire service received information about the incident around 6:45pm, said Rozina Akter, duty officer at the Fire Service and Civil Defence control room.
"A firefighting unit was dispatched after reports of a fire in the ceiling above a bathroom on the second floor of the building. However, the fire had been extinguished before the unit arrived," she added.
Rozina further said, "The fire is initially suspected to have originated from a short circuit."