Ten people were injured in a fire incident in Ulukandipara of Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj that gutted eight textile mills. They were injured while trying to douse the fire.
Fire fighters of Fire Service and Civil Defence units in Madhobdi of Narsingdi were able to douse the fire after three hours of effort.
The affected mills are Bikrampur Textile Mills, Gopal Textile Mills, Osit Textile Mills, Esha Textile Mills, Pathan Textile Mills, Bhai Bhai Textile Mills, Mojibur Textile Mills and Louhojong Textile Mills.
Locals said the fire broke out in Bikrompur Textile Mill around 11:45am and spread within a short time burning clothes, cottons and power loom machines of the eight mills.
Joydeb Shaha, owner of Bikrompur Textile Mill said: “The loss is worth around Tk20 crore.”
Belayet Hossain, assistant station officer of Fire Service unit in Madhabdi, said: “417 power loom machines, around two lakh meters of clothes and other machineries were burnt.”
