A devastating fire broke out in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka's Karwan Bazar, one of the largest wholesale marketplaces in the city, on Sunday night, and firefighters are trying to douse the blaze gutting hundreds of shops.

The fire broke out at about 8:00 p.m. local time in the one-story kitchen market housing some 300 wholesale shops, a fire service official told Xinhua.

No casualty was reported till 9:45 p.m. when the report was filed.

It was reported earlier that dozens of workers were feared to be trapped, but the report can not be confirmed immediately.

Source: XINHUA