Fire at Old Dhaka plastic factory doused after five hours

A fire broke out at a plastic factory in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar area early today.

The fire originated around 3:44am at the factory located on the 2nd floor of a multi-storey building named 'Noakhali Bhaban' on Urdu Road under Chowk Bazar police station, reports UNB.

A total of 15 fire fighter units rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control at around 5:35am, said duty officer of Fire Brigade and Civil Defence headquarters control room Russel Sikdar.

Later the fire was doused at around 8:45am, he said.

The estimated loss and reason behind the fire incident could not be known immediately.

No casualty was reported in the incident, Rasel Sikder added.