At least 18 jewellery shops were gutted in a fire at Mohammadpur Krishi Market on Thursday (September 14).
Sources said Alif Jewellers, Hena Jewellers, Dubai Jewellers, Singapore Jewellers, Moon Jewellers, Riad Jewellers and Maa Jewellers were completely gutted. Nine gold shops inside the market and nine other jewellery shops outside the market were gutted.
The victims said each shop had gold ornaments worth Tk2 to Tk3 crore.
Earlier, a massive fire broke out in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur Krishi Market around 3:43am on Thursday (September 14). Later, a total of 17 fire service units brought the fire under control at 9:00am.