8 injured in N’ganj chemical factory fire

Eight workers sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a chemical factory in the district’s Rupganj upazila on Wednesday, reports UNB.

Deputy assistant director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defense, Abdullah Arefin, said that the blaze broke out at Lily Chemical Factory in the Dakkin Golakandail area of the upazila at 3:00am and spread soon.

On information, three fire tenders were pressed into service and it took them over an hour to douse the flames.

The victims have been identified as Bayezid, Rokon, Khademul, Sajeeb, Ripon, Mehedi, Russel and Akalur. All the injured are being treated at Dhaka Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

Firemen suspect an electrical short-circuit could have triggered the fire. “Anyway, a probe is underway,” said Arefin.