Seven tin-shed houses and a jhut (garment factory waste) godown have been gutted in a fire that broke out in Borobari Targachh area in Gazipur.
The fire broke out at the godown and soon engulfed the nearby houses around 12:30am Tuesday.
Gazipur Fire Service Assistant Deputy Director Akhtaruzzaman said: “On information, we went to the spot to douse the blaze around 1am.”
Later, five units from Tongi and Gazipur fire stations doused the blaze around 4am.
He said: “No causalities were reported in the incident. The reason behind the fire could not be known yet.
