Fire at Gazipur garment factory

A garment factory caught fire in Tongi BSCIC area of Gazipur on Sunday afternoon. Locals said the fire originated from an unknown source at a godown of ‘Northern Corporation’ factory on the ground floor of a three-storey building at about 2:15 pm and it soon spread to other parts of the RMG unit. On information, four firefighting units from Tongi Fire Station rushed in and doused the blaze after one and half an hours of hectic efforts, according to a news agency.