Big fire at Tongi pharma factory  

 
Gazipur, Oct 14:  Twenty-one firefighting units, backed by the Bangladesh Army and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), brought a fire at Drug International’s pharmaceutical factory in Tongi, Gazipur, under control after more than three hours of efforts on Wednesday.

The fire broke out at Unit-2 of the factory on Squib Road in the Tongi BSCIC industrial area around 10:15am and was brought under control at 1:35pm, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence.

The blaze originated on the fourth floor of a four-storey building before spreading through a connecting staircase to an adjoining seven-storey structure, damaging the fourth and second floors of the buildings, officials said.

Three firefighting units from Tongi initially responded to the incident. Additional units from Tongi, Savar, Gazipur, Ashulia and Dhaka later joined the operation as the fire intensified.