Gazipur fire
Dyeing factory warehouse gutted in Gazipur fire
A warehouse of a dyeing factory was gutted in a fire at Pagar in Tongi area of Gazipur district on Sunday.
The fire broke out at the warehouse of Hossain Dyeing and Printing Mills Ltd around 1:30 pm and spread soon, said senior officer of Tongi Fire Service and Civil Defense, Iqbal Hasan.
On information, five firefighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze after one and a half hour of frantic effort.
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Cotton fabric were gutted in the fire.
However, what caused the fire could not be known immediately.
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Seven fire tending units from Mawna and other adjacent are Fire Service were trying to control the flames until 6 pm, said Abdullah Arefin, Deputy Assistant Director of Gazipur Fire Service.
No injuries or casualties have been reported and the origin of the fire is yet to be known, he said.
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Minor boy charred to death in Gazipur fire
An eight-year-old boy was charred to death in a fire that broke out at a house in Pagar Jhinuk Market in the Tongi area of Gazipur district on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman, a student of Al-Kawsar Tahmijul Quran Madrasha of Tongi and son of Joynal Abedin of Mymensingh district.
Iqbal Hasan, senior station officer of Tongi Fire Service, said the blaze started at the house belonging to Sadek Ahmed around 4pm and engulfed a portion of it.
Local people managed to bring the fire under control. Later firefighters recovered the charred body of Abdur Rahman from inside.
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