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A fire erupted at a jhut (unused fabric) warehouse of Shahida Apparels, a readymade garment factory, in the Ambagh area of Konabari in Gazipur on early Sunday.

The blaze was brought under control approximately 90 minutes later.


Shahjahan Sikder, deputy assistant director of the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters media cell, reported that the fire started at about 2:20am.

The fire erupted at the jhut warehouse of Shahida Apparels located in Ambagh area under Ward-10 of Gazipur City Corporation, he said.

Upon receiving the alert, six firefighting units rushed to the scene and managed to extinguish the flames by 4:00am. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damages are currently under investigation.

‘No casualties were reported in the incident,’ Sikder added.