Dhaka, Oct. 13 -- A blaze at Manzur Khan Plaza in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar has burned for more than seven hours.

On Monday, Dhaka South City Corporation Administrator Md Abdus Salam visited and said officials had told him the blaze was under control.

"I spoke to the Fire Service official here. He said, 'There is no fire now; it has been contained'," Salam said.

But control room official Shahjahan Hossain said that the Fire Service and Civil Defence had not declared the fire under control. Ten units remained at the scene.

Fire Service Media Officer Talha Bin Jasim said the alert came at 5:04pm and crews began work at 5:22pm.

"A shop on the sixth floor of the market caught fire. We received the news of the fire at 5:04pm; our units arriv...