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RMG factory catches fire in Savar


Published : 10 Apr 2021 09:44 PM

Fire broke out at a readymade garment (RMG) factory, namely ‘Silver Apparels Ltd’, located at Zirabo area of Ashulia in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital on early Saturday, though no causality was reported in this incident.

“I’ve visited the place soon after the incident, and initially guess that some flaws might be there in term of fire safety, though we don’t know yet how the fire set, I noticed that their fire fighting pump did not effective while the power shut down. However, an investigation opened regarding the incident, and detail would be known after completing that”, Md. Abdul Alim, Deputy Assistant Director of Fire Service (Zone-04) confirmed the matter to The Bangladesh Post.

S.M shajaman Roushan, Deputy Managing Director of Silver Apparels Ltd said, The fire caused a loss of around taka 20 to 25 crore, besides, he claimed that no flaws there in their fire fighting pump, as it has supplied water for at least three hours long since the fire broke out.

Jahangir Alam, Senior Station Officer of DEPZ Fire Service said, the fire took place on early Saturday, on information, later a total of seven fire fighting unit able to douse the fire under control by their one-hour effort since starting operation, adding that, the fire basically broke out at the top floor of the seven-storied factory building.