News Desk :
Five workers were killed as a fire broke out in a plastic factory at Santahar in Adamdighi upazila of Bogura district on Tuesday, reports UNB.
The identities of the deceased could not yet be known.
Abdul Malek, assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence, Bogura, said the fire broke out at BIRS Plastic Industry Limited, owned by Santahar municipality mayor Tofazzal Hossain Bhutto, around 11:30 am and it spread around soon.
On information, 13 firefighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze around 2 pm.
Some 45 workers were working at the factory during the fire incident. Disposable plates, cups and glasses are produced in the factory.
Later, the firefighters recovered the charred bodies of the five workers, said Jalal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Adamdighi Police Station.
However, it is not still clear what actually caused the fire.
At least five people have died after a fire broke out at a plastics factory owned by Santahar Municpality Mayor Tofazzal Hossain in Bogura, reports bdnews24.com
The fire broke out around 11:30 am on Tuesday in the BIRS Factory in the Santahar area of Adomdighi Upazila, said Jalal Uddin, chief of Adomdighi Police Station.
Ten units from the Bogura and Naogaon Fire Service were dispatched to the scene and managed to get the blaze under control around 1:45 pm after nearly three hours of effort.
AKM Morshed Alam, deputy assistant director of the Naogaon Fire Service, said firefighters had recovered five bodies from the burnt down building so far.
Locals say the fire sparked suddenly and spread quickly.
“The damage from the fire is about Tk 250-280 million, including about Tk 200 million in machinery,” said factory owner Tofazzal Hossain.
The Fire Service was not immediately able to identify the cause of the fire.
