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Plastic storage catches fire at Bagha
GreenWatch Desk
Fire
2024-04-06, 12:05am
A devastating fire has broken out in a plastic storage at Tepukuria village under Bagha Upazila in the district this evening creating panic among the surrounding people.
Being informed, three fire fighting units rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control after more than three hours of struggle from 3 pm to 7pm.
Eight persons identified as Monsur Rahman, 35, Insar Ali, 50, Yazul Islam, 37, Ayub Ali, 34, Rezaul Karim, 36, Amirul Islam, 19, and Sabuj Rana, 22, were injured in the fire, reports BSS.
Local Fire Service & Civil Defence Deputy Director Wahidul Islam told journalists that the fire was originated in the plastic storage belonging to Alif Traders from a shot circuit around 3.30 pm.
He said the fire spread throughout the storage as it has adhesive and other chemical substances.
Upazila Chairman Layeb Uddin Lablu and Upazila Nirbahi Officer Tariqul Islam visited the spot.