Dhaka: A fire broke out at a multi-storey residential building in the capital’s Shantinagar area on Thursday night.

The fire originated from the kitchen of a flat on the fifth floor of the nine-storey building at Pirshaheber Goli around 8:45pm, said Russel Shikder, duty officer at the Fire Service and Civil Defence Central Control Room, reports the UNB.

On information, four firefighting units rushed in and brought the fire under control around 9:10pm, he said.