Several explosions were heard after the vehicle carrying octane
caught fire at the pump near Tiber intersection around 7pm Sunday.
Seven units worked frantically to extinguish the flames around 8am, said Fire Service Control Room official Nilufar Yasmin. People
in the neighbourhood who had come down to the street in fear were seen
clapping and cheering after the fire was finally put out.
Smoke was billowing from the vehicle’s ruins and police and fire workers were not allowing anyone access to the site.
Traffic was halted on the Moghbazar-bound road from Mohakhali Bus terminal to Tejgaon intersection.
The lorry had several thousand liters of octane, officials have said.
Fire-fighters could not get much near the vehicle due to the raging flames.
Electricity lines were damaged by the burning tanker causing power supply to be turned off in the area.
The cause of the fire and extent of the damage could not be determined immediately.
Smoke was billowing from the vehicle’s ruins and police and fire workers were not allowing anyone access to the site.
Traffic was halted on the Moghbazar-bound road from Mohakhali Bus terminal to Tejgaon intersection.
The lorry had several thousand liters of octane, officials have said.
Fire-fighters could not get much near the vehicle due to the raging flames.
Electricity lines were damaged by the burning tanker causing power supply to be turned off in the area.
The cause of the fire and extent of the damage could not be determined immediately.
