At least 11 workers were burnt following an explosion and subsequent fire in an aerosol and air freshener factory of Bashundhara Group at Meghnaghat in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj on Sunday morning. The 10 injured were identified as Biplob, 28, Arif, 17, Hasan, 22, Shaon, 24, Hossain, 18, Chanchal, 26, Tamzid Sheikh, 40, Tonmoy, 25, Nur Islam, 23, and Al Amin, 24 while the identity of another worker could not be known. The injured were admitted to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery. 5 of a family among 7 burnt in fire at Dhaka’s Mirpur According to witnesses, the explosion occurred around 10 am during the production process. The factory's firefighting team managed to extinguish the fire within 10 minutes without assistance from external fire services. Morshed Alam, the security in-charge of Bashundhara Paper Mill Unit-1, said that the fire was caused by a small gas leak while filling air freshener bottles. Dr. Shaon Bin Rahman, resident surgeon at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said 10 of the injured workers were brought to the emergency department for treatment. However, the extent of their burns is yet to be determined.  

A fire that quickly tore through the warehouse of an apparel factory in Gazipur Friday morning was brought under control after nearly two hours, authorities said. Fortunately, no casualties were reported till the filling of this report. The blaze began around 8:45am inside a tin shed room of Orbit Textile Factory at the Bhabanipur area of Sadar upazila, Abdullah Al Arefin, deputy assistant director of Gazipur fire service, said. Read more: Fire at Chattogram high-rise building doused On information, two firefighting units of Sreepur fire service responded to the fire and the responders could tame the flames at 10:30am, he said. "The fire gutted cotton and other materials. However, the reasons for the mishap and the extent of damage could not be confirmed immediately," the fire service official added.

The fire that broke out at a readymade garment factory on Wednesday morning at Chandona Chowrasta in Gazipur has been doused completely, officials said. The fire started around 7.40 am on the 4th floor of a 7-story building of Apparels Plus Limited and soon engulfed the floor. Read: Environmental disaster feared following Sitakunda depot fire "After four hours effort, four firefighting units managed to douse the flames completely," said Shahjahan Shikder, deputy assistant director (media cell) of Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters. However, the reason behind the fire and extent of losses could not be known immediately. No casualties were reported, he added.  

A fire broke out at a shoe factory in Demra area of Dhaka Tuesday noon. The fire started around 1:05 pm at a tin-shed building near Rajmahal Cinema Hall, said Shahjahan Shikder, Deputy Assistant Director (media cell) of the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters. Five units of firefighters are working to put out the blaze, he added. Read: 2 charred to death in Chattogram furniture factory fire The origin of the fire could not be known yet, Shahjahan said.    

A four-member committee was formed on Wednesday to investigate the fire that killed five workers at a plastic factory at Santahar in Adamdighi upazila of Bogura district. The committee, headed by Additional District Magistrate Salahuddin, has been asked to submit its report within seven working days. Read: Five burned to death in Bogura factory fire The other members of the committee are—Adamdighi Upazila Nirbahi Officer, the representatives of the Department of Inspection for Factories and the Directorate of Fire Service and Civil Defense. Also on Wednesday the charred bodies of five workers, recovered from the factory, were handed over to the family members. Read:Fire spreads panic in CCU patients at Barishal hospital; 1 dies of heart attack The fire occurred on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Siam, 13, Shahjahan, 24, Bijoy, 14, Belal Hossain, 43 and Abdul Khalek, 35 of the upazila.

The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of police Thursday recovered more human remains from Narayanganj's Hashem Food and Beverage Factory premises.  The investigators found the remains of at least one individual – a skull and some bones – from the fourth floor of the factory building, only two days after discovering charred skull and bones from the same spot.  The remains would be sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for DNA profiling, said CID's Assistant Superintendent of Police Harun-Ur-Rashid. Also read: Locked inside a factory without fire exit, 52 lives go up in flames

Barely one month after a deadly fire at a factory at Bhulta Karnagop in Narayanganj’s Rupganj that claimed the lives of 52 people, another factory in Narayanganj caught fire on Wednesday. Raihanul Islam, station officer (media) at the headquarters of Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the fire broke out at Ruposhi United Leather Factory around 12:14 pm. Read: Massive fire breaks out in Magura plywood factory On information, 14 firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control around 2:30 pm. However, no casualty was reported till the filing of the report around 3:15 pm.  

The bodies of the Shezan juice factory fire victims would be handed over to their families from Wednesday.   The identities of 45 workers killed in the factory fire have been confirmed through DNA tests, officials said Tuesday. These bodies were recovered in an unrecognisably charred state.  Also read: Rupganj factory fire: Claimants found for 40 bodies out of 48, after 56 families submit DNA samples Narayanganj Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mostain Billah said some of the bodies were kept in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue. It was learned that 24 bodies kept at Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue will be handed to families at noon Wednesday. The rest were kept at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital morgue to be handed over in the next two days. Also read: PM monitoring developments after factory fire in Rupganj: Quader However, identities of three of the 48 bodies recovered in the same state from the same floor could not be ascertained from DNA matches. Deputy Commissioner Mostain Billah further said that the families of the listed 45 deceased will be given Tk 50,000 for the burial and funeral.

A court in Narayanganj on Monday granted bail to Sajeeb Group’s chairman MA Hashem and his two sons -- Hashem Bin Hashem and Tareq Ibrahim – in the case over the Rupganj factory fire that killed 52 workers. Narayanganj Senior District and Sessions Judge Anisur Rahman passed the order during a virtual hearing on the bail petition for the six accused of the case who were in jail, said prosecutor advocate Moniruzzaman. The court, however, suspended the bail petition of the Group CEO and its Deputy General Manager, he added. On July 10, Narayanganj police arrested Md Abul Hashem, chairman of the group, his four sons -- Hashem Bin Hashem, Tareq Ibrahim, Tawsif Ibrahim and Tanjim Ibrahim-- and its CEO Shahan Sha Azad, DGM Mamunur Rashid and head of admin Salauddin in connection with the tragic fire in the factory owned by the Group. Also read: Rupganj fire: Sajeeb Group chairman, sons among 8 put on remand Police filed the case with Rupganj police station against the eight people and many unknown others following the massive fire in the factory. On July 14, a Narayanganj court sent to jail six of the accused, including Abul Hashem, on completion of a four-day remand and granted bail to Hashem’s two sons Tawsif Ibrahim and Tanjib Ibrahim, on grounds that they study abroad and do not have any ownership of the company. Following the case filed by police, the district's Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments filed a separate case against the Group’s owner and DGM at the labour court under section 80 of the labour law. Also read: Death toll from Rupganj factory fire jumps to 52 

A Narayanganj court  on Wednesday sent to jail six accused, including Abul Hashem, owner of Hashem Foods Ltd., on completion of a four-day remand in a case over last week’s devastating factory fire in Rupganj. Hashem two sons accused in the case - Hashem Bin Hashem and Tareq Ibrahim -were among those sent to jail. Also read: Rupganj factory fire: Claimants found for 40 bodies out of 48, after 56 families submit DNA samples However, the court granted bail to Hashem’s two other sons Tawsif Ibrahim and Tanjib Ibrahim, on grounds that they study abroad and don't have any ownership of the company.