UNB, Gazipur :
The fire that broke out in a seven-storey textile mill at Batjuri in Sreepur upazila on Sunday afternoon was finally brought under control after twenty hours of frantic efforts on Monday morning.
The fire fighting units brought the fire under control around 9:30am, according to officials.
Originating at the second floor of the steel building, the fire has led to the collapse of all the floors above the ground floor while the blaze still alive in the debris.
The fire broke out on the second floor of the steel building, housing ‘Dignity Textile Mill’, around 1:45 pm and it soon spread to the whole building, said Akhteruzzaman, deputy director of Gazipur Fire Station.
On information, 14 firefighting units from Gazipur, Kaliakoir, Tongi, Mawna and Bhaluka rushed to the spot and tried to douse the blaze, he said.
The cause of the fire could not be known yet. A five-member probe committee, headed by Shreepur UNO Sadekur Rahman, was formed to investigate the incident.
The mill authorities claimed that no one was injured as around 3000 workers of the factory were out on lunch at that time.
The fire that broke out in a seven-storey textile mill at Batjuri in Sreepur upazila on Sunday afternoon was finally brought under control after twenty hours of frantic efforts on Monday morning.
The fire fighting units brought the fire under control around 9:30am, according to officials.
Originating at the second floor of the steel building, the fire has led to the collapse of all the floors above the ground floor while the blaze still alive in the debris.
The fire broke out on the second floor of the steel building, housing ‘Dignity Textile Mill’, around 1:45 pm and it soon spread to the whole building, said Akhteruzzaman, deputy director of Gazipur Fire Station.
On information, 14 firefighting units from Gazipur, Kaliakoir, Tongi, Mawna and Bhaluka rushed to the spot and tried to douse the blaze, he said.
The cause of the fire could not be known yet. A five-member probe committee, headed by Shreepur UNO Sadekur Rahman, was formed to investigate the incident.
The mill authorities claimed that no one was injured as around 3000 workers of the factory were out on lunch at that time.
