<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">The massive fire at New Supermarket, next to Dhaka New Market, was finally doused this morning -- around 27 hours after it started and burnt down several shops and establishments during this busy Eid shopping season.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lima Khanom, duty officer (control room) of Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters said the flame was finally doused around 9 am today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier yesterday, the fire broke out at around 5:40 am.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A total of 28 firefighting units and teams of Bangladesh Army, Navy and Air Force took part in the effort to douse the fire. The fire was brought under control around 9:10 am yesterday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some 32 people, including firefighters, fell sick from the heavy smoke while firefighters were trying to douse the blaze.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On April 4 morning, a massive fire broke out at Bangabazar Shopping Complex in Dhaka, burning several thousand shops to ashes. A total of six adjacent markets were also burnt.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The fire was doused on April 7, over 75 hours after it broke out. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>