Hours after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina opened the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Dhaka's Bangla Academy premises, a fire broke out at the bookstall.
Fire-fighters put out the flame within a couple of minutes after it was reported at Rabeya Books Stall 6:55pm on Sunday (Feb 2), Fire Services and Civil Defence on-duty officer Newton told Bangla Tribune.
No injury was reported in the fire that originated from electric wire, he said.
The fire causes no major damage except a roof made up of plastic, said Rifat Hawladar, a salesman of the bookstall.