Dhaka: A fire broke out at a slum next to Dhaka Uddyan Housing in Mohammadpur burning 30 shanties early on Wednesday, reports United News of Bangladesh.

The fire originated from a shanty and then it spread to some other small makeshift houses one after another at about 1:20am.

Six firefighting units went to the spot and doused the flame at about 3:35am.

Fire service control room duty officer said the shanties were built illegally on the land of Water Development Board.

Thirty shanties burnt down in the incident.