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Ctg oil depot gutted

Smokes coming out from the blazing of an oil depot at Abdullahor Ghata area in Sitakunda upazila on Wednesday.
Smokes coming out from the blazing of an oil depot at Abdullahor Ghata area in Sitakunda upazila on Wednesday.
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UNB, Chattogram :
A fire broke out at an oil depot in Fouzdarhat Abdullahor Ghata area in Sitakundu upazila on Wednesday afternoon. Jashim Uddin, Chattogram divisional deputy assistant of Fire Service and Civil Defense, said that the fire broke out around 2.15 pm and engulfed two adjoining vehicle showrooms also. On information, six vehicles of three fire-fighting units and a vehicle of Navy are working to bring the fire under control.

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