Lalbagh polythene factory fire guts a number of tinsheds

Dhaka, Aug 15 (UNB) – A fire that broke out at a polythene factory in Lalbagh on Wednesday night was put out on early Thursday.

Ershad Hossain, duty officer at Fire Service and Civil Defence control room, said firefighters extinguished the blaze around 4am.

A number of tin-shed rooms were gutted in the fire that broke out on Water Works Road in Posta area around 10:40pm.

Sixteen firefighting units brought the fire under control around 1am.

The cause of the fire could not be known immediately, said Ershad, adding that no casualty was reported.