Fire at button factory in N'ganj kills one
Our Correspondent, N'ganj
One person was killed and two others were injured in a fire that broke out at a factory at Nandalpur under Fatullah Police Station yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Alamgir, 35, a day labourer. The injured, also day labourers, are Bashar, 25, and Bimol Chandra Saha, 35. They were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in a critical condition. Shekhar Das, general manager of Monica Button and Garment Accessories Ltd, said Alamgir and three other day labourers were cleaning the wastes in the storeroom of the factory at around 9:00am. All of a sudden, a fire broke out there and soon engulfed the entire factory, killing Alamgir on the spot and injuring Bashar and Bimol, he added. He suspected that the fire might have originated from the butt of a burning cigarette. Another day labourer Zaman managed to come out of the choking black smoke of the factory. On information, fire fighters from Fatullah Fire Station rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze with the help of locals at about 10:30am. Akhter Hossain, brother of the owner of the factory, said fire damaged the machinery of the factory. Fire Service personnel suspect the blaze might have caused from a burning cigarette as there is no electrical circuit in the storeroom. Alamgir's body was sent to Narayanganj General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
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