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Fire at Ibn Sina in Gazipur brought under control

Published : Saturday, 17 October, 2026 at 6:41 PM

Observer Online Report

A fire broke out in a ground-floor store at a factory of Ibn Sina Pharmaceuticals Limited in Safipur, Gazipur, on Saturday afternoon. Six fire service units brought the blaze under control after about an hour.

According to the Fire Service and Civil Defence Directorate, the fire was spotted at around 4:22 PM on October 17 in the ground-floor store of the factory’s six-storey building.

Two units from Kaliakair Fire Service reached the scene at 4:34 PM and began firefighting. Four more units from Konabari and Gazipur Chowrasta later joined the operation.

The fire was brought under control at 5:35 PM through the combined efforts of the six units, said Md Talha Bin Jasim, an official of the directorate’s media cell.

The cause of the fire and whether anyone was injured or killed could not immediately be confirmed.

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Fire breaks out at Ibn Sina pharmaceutical factory

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