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DHAKA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- A massive fire broke out in a market at Tikatuli, a residential neighborhood of the old part of Bangladesh capital Dhaka, on Wednesday evening.
A fire department official who declined to be named told Xinhua that as many as 25 fire-fighting units have been striving to put out the blaze that broke out at about 6:00 p.m. local time on the 1st floor of the "Rajdhani Super Market".
Established in 1995, the market has reportedly some 1,200 shops mostly selling dresses and cosmetics.
TV footage showed thick plumes of smoke billowing into the sky over the 2nd-storey market.
No casualties have been reported so far.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
