A furniture factory was gutted in a fire that broke out in Ruposhi Karnagop area of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj Wednesday evening.
Abdullah Al Arefin, deputy assistant director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defence, said: “The fire that gutted the factory of Hatim Steel Structure Limited, originated on the ground floor of the three-storey building around 7:30pm. Later, the blaze engulfed the other floors.”
Informed, 10 firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control at around 10pm, said Farhadul Alam, control room operator at the Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters.
“The extent of the fire was massive on the second floor as flammable materials were stored there,” Arefin said adding that no casualty was reported in the incident.