Passengers are evacuated at Bangladesh's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 11, 2017. The fire that broke out Friday afternoon in a building inside the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka were put under control, officials said. (Xinhua/Jibon Ahsan)
DHAKA, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- The fire that broke out Friday afternoon in a building inside the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka were put under control, officials said.
No further details were yet available on casualties caused by the fire, they said.
The blaze started at the second floor of the airport's main building from an Air India office at around 1:37 p.m. local time (0737 GMT), a Fire Service Control Room official told Xinhua.
The official, who did not give his name, said a total of 10 fire firefighting units brought the flames under control at about 4:00 p.m. local time (1000 GMT).
Hundreds of passengers, officials and staff were reportedly evacuated following the fire.
The cause of the fire could not be known immediately.
Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh said flight operations at the airport gradually resumed after 4:00 p.m. local time when outbound passengers were allowed to go inside.
"We'll do our best and work through the night to clear the backlog of delayed flights," said Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh Director Kazi Iqbal Karim.
He said no flight has been cancelled and only some flights were delayed for hours.
A three-member committee has been formed to look into the fire incident and will submit a report within the next seven working days.
