20150105 Bangladesh Gazipur factory fire under control after top three floors collapse
Bangladesh Jan 05 2015 “Factories”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Updated: 2015-06-01 12:50:18.
The fire petered off after the collapse of the three top floors, fire fighters said.
“But smoke was still billowing out from different parts of the factory until Monday morning. Fire-fighters are working to control the devastating fire completely,” said Gazipur Fire Service Deputy Director Akataruzzaman Liton.
The fire, which broke out on Sunday afternoon and raged on for almost 14 hours, seemed to peter out after the top three floors of the factory building collapsed around 4am on Monday, Liton said.
The factory of Dignity Textile Mills at Sreepur Upazila, was engulfed by the fire around 2pm on Sunday.
It started from the second floor of the factory warehouse and spread to the fourth floor immediately.
Fourteen fire-fighting units from Dhaka, Joydebpur, Sreepur and Mymensingh’s Bhaluka rushed to the factory to tame the fire.
But they found it difficult to control it as the steel-structure building had turned red hot.
Fire fighters also failed to pump in enough water since the structure did not have enough windows or doors.
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