Nearly 30 sued over chemical warehouse fire in Old Dhaka

A case has been filed against about 30 people over an incident of fire that broke out at a chemical warehouse in Armanitola of Old Dhaka early Friday.

Bangshal police lodged the case on Friday night, confirmed Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shahin Fakir to the media.

The fire that started at the ground floor of a six-storey building named Haji Musa Mansion, left four people, including a woman, dead and injured 24 others, including three firemen.

The OC said seven to eight people, including the owner of the building Mostak Ahmed, were sued along with 15 to 20 unnamed others.