20200110 Fire burns apparel factory for three hours in Gazipur
Bangladesh Jan 10 2020 “Factories”
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Fire burns apparel factory for three hours in Gazipur
Updated: 2020–01–10
A fire has burnt a readymade garment factory in Gazipur city.
It broke out on the fourth and fifth floors of Islam Garments at Jorun in the city’s Konabari area around 2:15pm on Friday.
The Fire Service and Civil Defence dispatched five units to the scene first and then three other units joined in, said Md Mamunur Rashid, deputy assistant director of the fire service in Gazipur.
They brought the fire under control around 5pm, he said.
No casualties were reported.
The authorities were yet to find out the cause of the fire and assess the extent of the damage.
“The fire has been doused. There’s been no damage,” Atiqul Islam, a director of the factory’s owner Islam Group who is running for re-election as Dhaka North mayor, told bdnews24.com.
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