A fire broke out in a shoe factory on the sixth floor of Nurpur Market in the port city’s New Market area on Thursday afternoon. The blaze erupted in the factory around 3.30pm. There are some other  markets in the adjacent areas.   Read more: Fire at Eastern Refinery in Ctg: 4 burnt Fazlul Quader, control room operator at Agrabad Fire Service and Civil Denfence Station, said on information eight firefighting units rushed to the spot and are working to tame it.

A fire that broke out at a shoe factory at South Banasree in the city Monday morning has been brought under control. The fire broke out at the factory of 'Roxy Sandal' around 10:45 am, said Md Shahjahan Shikdar, Deputy assistant director (media cell) of Fire Service and Civil Defence. Read:4 burnt in city fire On information, four units of fire tenders from Khilgaon and Tejgaon fire stations rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control around 11:35 am, he added. The origin of the fire is yet to be known, he said.

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