Firefighters recovered the body of a man from a button factory at Bhangnahati in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district after it caught fire on Sunday afternoon. Fire fighters recovered the body of a man from inside the factory, said Mamunur Rashid, a deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. 3 killed in road accidents in Chandpur and Jashore The fire started at the factory around 1:45 pm and spread soon, said Khairul Islam Rony, station officer of the Station Officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD). Local people said they heard sound of explosions from the spot possibly due to presence of chemicals at the factory. 4 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Cox’s Bazar Smoke billowing from the factory covered the whole area, creating panic among people. Seven firefighting units brought the fire under control around 3:45 pm. However, what caused the fire could not be known immediately.

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. Also read: N'ganj fire leaves 1 dead, 6 injured Cotton fabric were gutted in the fire. However, what caused the fire could not be known immediately.

A fire that broke out in a textile mill in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur on Thursday morning could not be extinguished  till the evening. The fire started in a cotton godown of CRC Textile Mills Limited at Natun Bazar area around 11 am. Read more: 2 injured as gas cylinder fitted in car catches fire in Dhaka's Asad Gate 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.

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. Read: Small fire at BSCIC complex in Mirpur brought under control Officials suspect an electrical short-circuit caused the fire.  

A massive fire has destroyed houses in Gazipur’s Konabari area.

Four garment workers, including a couple, were burned to death in a fire at a colony in Palli Bidyut area under Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district early Monday.

Nearly 100 shops were destroyed in a fire at Kaliakoir Bazar in Gazipur on Monday.

A fire broke out at a footwear factory at Temgra Bazar in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur on Monday.

A fire broke out in a shoe factory in Baroipara area of Kaliakair in Gazipur on Saturday evening.