Gazipur: One person died in a fire at a button factory in Gazipur's Sreepur. However, the identity of the deceased was not immediately known. A total of 7 units of Sreepur and Joydevpur Fire Services are still working to control the fire.
This information was given by Abdullah Al Arefin, Assistant Director of Gazipur District Fire Service, at around 4:30 pm on Sunday (December 22).
He said that one person died in a fire at a button factory in Gazipur's Sreepur. However, the identity of the deceased was not immediately known. The fire has not yet been brought under control. Our 7 units are continuing to work.
Earlier, the fire broke out in the Bhangnahati area of Sreepur upazila of the district at around 1:30 pm.
Eyewitnesses and the fire service said that a boiler explosion suddenly occurred in the button factory in Bhangnahati area at around 1:30 pm on Sunday. The fire spread from there within moments. At that time, when the factory workers started screaming, people from the surrounding area rushed to the spot. Upon receiving the news, three units of the Sreepur Fire Service went to the spot and tried to control the fire. By then, as the fire spread around, two more units of the neighboring Joydevpur Fire Service went to the spot and continued their efforts to control the fire.