<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">A fire broke out on the seventh floor of a multistorey building in the capital's Gulshan Sunday evening, the fire service said.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fortunately, no casualties were reported till the filling of this report.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Seven people have been rescued so far from the building, Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters' media cell, said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The fire began at 6:59pm in a 12-storey building in Gulshan-2. However, the reasons for the fire mishap and the extent of damage could not immediately be confirmed," he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the visuals emerging from the site, huge flames coupled with thick clouds of black smoke were seen billowing out of the building.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On information, 13 firefighting units responded to the blaze, and the responders are trying to tame the flames, Anwarul said. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>