Massive fire breaks out at Dhaka international airport, all flights suspended

A massive fire broke out at the cargo terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Saturday, and all flight operations have been suspended as a result, reports said. The blaze erupted around 2:30 pm at the airport's cargo village, where imported goods and stored, according to reports. The airport's executive director Md Masudul Hasan Masud confirmed the incident to the media and said emergency teams were working to bring the fire under control.