Staff Report :Three persons, including a Pakistani national, were burnt to death and 10 others injured when a devastating fire broke out at a dyeing factory of Pakiza Group at Shekher Char in Narsingdi Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.The deceased have been identified as Pakistani national Ashiq Ali, 45, a colour master of the factory, Selim Miah, 30, a cook of the factory, and Ramjan Ali alias Rafique, 26, a worker of the factory.The injured were admitted to different hospitals in the district and the capital, Fire Service official said. Station Officer of Sadar Fire Service Shawkat Ali Joarder said, “The fire erupted at the godown of Momtex, a sister concern of Pakiza Group, beside the Dhaka-Sylhet highway around 7:00am and soon spread to the whole factory. Eleven fire fighting units from Dhaka and Narsingdi managed to douse the fire following three hours of frantic efforts.”During the fire, most of the workers were asleep in the unit that housed Toxic Chemical stock as well and the three died of inhaling toxic smoke, the Fire Service official said. The fire originated from chemical blast at the dyeing factory, ‘Montex-1’ and it soon engulfed the entire factory, he said. The damage caused by the fire could not be estimated immediately.Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Golam Mostafa, said that additional police were deployed in the area. The bodies were sent to the district Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy, the OC said. Dhaka Range Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police SM Mahfuzul Haque Nuruzzaman and Narsingdi Police Super Amena Begum visited the spot after the incident, he said
