A fire has broken out at a foam factory in the Saddam Market area of Kadamtali in the capital on Friday evening.
The Fire Service received information about the blaze at 6:24pm on Friday (May 8), after which five units were immediately dispatched to the scene to bring the fire under control.
Duty officer Rosina Akter at the Fire Service control room confirmed the incident, saying that firefighting operations began soon after the alert was received.
The cause of the fire and the extent of damage could not be immediately ascertained. No reports of casualties were available at the time of filing this report.