A fire that broke out at a cotton warehouse in Tongi, has been doused after around two hours of firefighting.
The incident occurred at Majhukhan area of Tongi, in Gazipur, around 9am on Saturday.
Tongi Fire Service Senior Station Officer Atiqur Rahman said: “Acting on information, four firefighting units of the Tongi Fire Service—and one unit of the Uttara Fire Service—responded to the scene and brought the blaze under control around 12:15pm.”
“The cause of the fire is not yet clear, it was possibly from an electrical short circuit,” the officer added.
No casualties have yet been reported.
