Footwear factory at Ctg EPZ catches fire

A footwear factory at EPZ here caught fire early Sunday.
Fire service officials said the fire originated from a godown of a two-storey building
of ‘Papela Shoe Limited’ around 3.30am and it soon spread to the whole factory.
On information, three firefighting units from Agrabad, EPZ and
Chittagong Port rushed in and put out the blaze on the first floor of the building around
8:30 am. But, the flameon the ground floor could not be brought under control till filing of
the report at about Ruhul Amin, deputy director of fire service (Ctg division), said their
14 vehicles have been engaged in putting out the blaze.
-UNB, Chittagong

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