After around 1.5 hours, firefighters managed to contain the oil tanker fire that started this afternoon on the Buriganga river in Narayanganj’s Fatullah.
The fire, which started about 1:30 pm, was contained by eight fire engines at approximately 3:00 pm, according to Shahjahan Sikder, deputy assistant director of the fire service’s media cell.
It was not possible to identify the fire’s origin right away.