A fire broke out in a jhut (unused fabric of garment factories) godown at Konabari in Gazipur early Sunday. The fire originated around 1:30 am in the godown at Notun Bazar and spread soon, said Abdullah Al Arefin, deputy assistant director of Gazipur Fire Service and civil defence control room. Read more: Fire at pesticide factory in Savar BSCIC area under control On information, six firefighting units from Gazipur, Kaliakair and Kashimpur rushed to the spot and doused the fire after five hours of frantic effort, he added. However, no injuries or causalities were reported. The origin of the fire could not be known yet, said the officer.

A fire broke out at a jhut (scrap from garment factories) godown in Konabari’s Dewliabari area of Gazipur city on Tuesday night. Factory sources said the fire originated at around 9pm. Locals at first tried to douse the fire. On information, three firefighting units from Joydebpur and Kashimpur DBL rushed to the spot and are trying to douse the fire till filing of this report at 10:45pm. Also Read: N’ganj factory fire under control Tasharaf Hossain, senior station officer of Joydebpur Fire Service said, the fire originated at a jhut warehouse at first and later spread to more godowns. He could not tell the reason behind the fire. Casualties and losses due to the fire could not be known immediately.

A fire broke out in a garment jhut( waste fabric) godown at Kathaltola area of Konabari in Gazipur on Friday, fire service said. The fire originated around 4:30pm from Khokon Mia’s godown and spread out soon to five to seven more adjacent godowns. Read: Massive fire rages on in Ctg chemical factory On information, five firefighting units rushed to the spot and were trying to tame down the fire, said Abdul Hamid Mia, deputy assistant director of Gazipur Fire Service and civil defence control room. Read: Narayanjganj fire: One succumbs to burn injuries, two battling for lives

A fire broke out in a jhut godown at Majukhan in Gazipur on Sunday. The fire originated around 10:30 am in a godown and spread soon, said Abdul Hamid Mia, deputy assistant director of Gazipur Fire Service and civil defence control room. On information, five fire fighting units from Tongi, Uttara and Joydebpur rushed to the spot and are trying to tame down the fire. Read: Mirpur fire: Another victim dies at DMCH However, no causalities were reported till the filling of this report at 1 pm. The origin of the fire could not be known yet.