Photo of a burnt vehicle, Saturday, January 8, 2022 Dhaka Tribune
Liakat Ali Badal, Rangpur
Publish : 08 Jan 2022, 06:06 PMUpdate : 08 Jan 2022, 06:06 PM
A factory in the northern city of Rangpur, which manufactured handcrafted rug “Shatranji”, has been gutted in a massive fire.
Flames erupted at the decades-old factory in the city’s Nishbetganj around Friday midnight, said the fire service.
It took two fire-fighting units more than two hours to put out the flames, said Firefighter Afzal Hossain of the Rangpur Fire Service and Civil Defence.
An electrical short-circuit is suspected to be the cause of the fire, he said.
Factory owner Rafiqul Islam estimated the losses at Tk25 lakh.
According to him, more than a hundred looms and vehicles parked on the premises have been completely burnt down.
“Some 50 women worked at the factory. I had been operating the factory in losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s impossible for me now to reopen it without the government’s assistance,” he told Dhaka Tribune.
Fire guts carpet factory in Rangpur
Hundreds of looms and raw materials burnt down
A factory in the northern city of Rangpur, which manufactured handcrafted rug “Shatranji”, has been gutted in a massive fire.
Flames erupted at the decades-old factory in the city’s Nishbetganj around Friday midnight, said the fire service.
It took two fire-fighting units more than two hours to put out the flames, said Firefighter Afzal Hossain of the Rangpur Fire Service and Civil Defence.
An electrical short-circuit is suspected to be the cause of the fire, he said.
Factory owner Rafiqul Islam estimated the losses at Tk25 lakh.
According to him, more than a hundred looms and vehicles parked on the premises have been completely burnt down.
“Some 50 women worked at the factory. I had been operating the factory in losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s impossible for me now to reopen it without the government’s assistance,” he told Dhaka Tribune.
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