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Tongi factory fire: Total 19 units working to douse blaze

Published : Wednesday, 14 October, 2026 at 1:01 PM

Observer Correspondent

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A total of nineteen Fire Service units are now working to extinguish the fire that broke out at the factory of Essential Drugs International in Cherag Ali area of Tongi, Gazipur on Wednesday morning.

The Fire Service received information about the blaze at around 10:15AM.

Shahjahan Shikder, chief of the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters' media cell, said steps were taken to send the necessary units immediately after the fire was reported.

Shaheen Alam, senior station officer of Tongi Fire Station, said nine units initially began the working. Later, 10 more units joined with them.

The factory is located about two kilometres from the relevant fire station.

The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage are not immediately known.

-EM/TF

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