A fire has broken out at a garment factory in Konabari area of Gazipur Industrial belt on Saturday morning.
Factory Security Supervisor Swapan Bishwas said the fire broke out on the ground floor of Kader Synthetic and Compact Spinning Mill around 7:15am and soon engulfed the entire building.
He said: “The fire might have originated from an electric short circuit inside the AC panel room.”
Akhtaruzzaman Liton, deputy assistant director of Gazipur Fire Service, said "On information, 17 firefighting units from Tongi, Kaliakoir, Joydebpur went to the spot and trying to douse the blaze.
The extent of damage caused by the fire could not be estimated immediately. No report of casualty has been filed till writing the report at 12 noon.
