Oct
18 (Reuters) - Flights have resumed at Bangladesh's main airport in
Dhaka, airport officials said, six hours after a fire in the cargo
section delayed flights and halted operations on Saturday.
The first flight departed at 9:06 p.m. (1506 GMT), officials told reporters.
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The fire has been completely brought under control, the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism said in a statement.
"Steps
will be taken to identify the source of the fire and implement measures
to prevent such incidents in the future," the ministry added.
Operations
at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport were suspended after the
fire broke out in the cargo section of the airport, with around 37
firefighting units working to douse the flames.
The army, navy, and air force also joined the fire service in efforts to bring the blaze under control.
Both domestic and international flights were affected.
An
IndiGo flight from Delhi to Dhaka was diverted to Kolkata, and an Air
Arabia flight from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates was directed to
Chittagong, about 250 km (155 miles) southeast of Dhaka.
This
is the third major fire reported in Bangladesh this week. A fire on
Tuesday at a garment factory and an adjacent chemical warehouse in Dhaka
killed at least 16 people
and injured others. On Thursday, another fire burned down a
seven-storey garment factory building in an export processing zone in
Chittagong.
Reporting by Harshita Meenaktshi and Ruma Paul; Editing by Sharon Singleton and Emelia Sithole-Matarise
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