DHAKA, Oct. 12 — Over 100 plastic factories and about 1,000 rooms were burnt down in a devastating fire in central Dhaka district Thursday, local news agency UNB reported Thursday.
It could not be known what caused the blaze that also left 15 people injured while extinguishing the fire.
However, a section of people in the affected area said that the fire originated from short circuit in a plastic factory and it soon engulfed other factories and houses at noon.
On information, eight fire-fighting units rushed in and tried to extinguish the fire. Later, 10 more units of firefighters joined in the drive and brought the blaze under control at 4:40 p.m. (10:40 GMT).
It could not be known immediately whether anyone died in the incident in the densely populated area where many old shoe and plastic factories are also located.
Affected people initially put the damages at about 20 million taka (about 300,000 U.S. dollars). Enditem
