Fire breaks out in CMCH storeroom

A fire broke out in a storeroom of Chattogram Medical College Hospital yesterday morning.

The fire originated from an electric short circuit in the storeroom of the Department of Mental Disease on the ground floor around 5:30am, said Jashim Uddin, deputy director of Fire Service and Civil Defence, Chattogram.

Four firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control around 6:15am, said Jashim Uddin.

Valuables worth Tk 50,000 were gutted in the fire, said the official. However, no casualty was reported, he added.