A massive fire broke out at the Aman Plastic Factory near Narikel Bagh in Dhaka’s Keraniganj on Monday afternoon.
The Fire Service and Civil Defence received news of the blaze around 12:25 PM. The first firefighting unit arrived at the scene seven minutes later at 12:32 PM to initiate firefighting operations.
Due to the presence of highly flammable plastic materials inside the facility fire spread rapidly throughout the premises. To contain the severity of the blaze, additional personnel were dispatched with bringing the total number of deployed firefighting teams to eight.
Talha Bin Zasim, an officer from the media cell at Fire Service headquarters and confirmed that eight firefighting units worked together to bring the situation under control. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined and no casualties have been reported so far. Officials stated that further details will be disclosed after operations are fully completed.
