Fire burns 8 vehicles at hotel garage
Staff Correspondent
A fire burnt seven microbuses and a car parked on the basement garage of Hotel Manhattan at Malibagh in the capital early yesterday.The fire originated from a short circuit in the basement garage at 1:40am and engulfed the eight vehicles belonging to the hotel guests, fire service sources said. Six vehicles from Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters and Khilgoan unit doused the fire at around 3:20am. "We tried to douse the fire with the extinguishers we have in the hotel but could not manage it," said Shamsul Islam, an employee of the hotel. The fire was confined to the basement of the 14-storey hotel, Shamsul said, adding that electric wires and boards were also burnt in the fire.
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