SAVAR: A fire broke out at the third floor of a six-stored readymade garment factory of Chaurangi supermarket in Savar bazar bus stand area on Friday morning.

On information, two fire fighting unit from Savar fire service station rushed to the spot and doused the fire after two hours effort.

Witnesses said a high voltage electric transmitter of Palli Bidyut Samity was burst around 07:50am near the factory and within ten minutes the fire spread out the factory.

Nipun Private Limited factory manager Humayun Kabir told banglanews, “Without investigation we can not say how the fire originated. But the extent of loss from the fire could go up around Tk.50 lakhs.”

Savar fire service and civil defense station officer Khan Khalilur Rahman said “Electric short circuit may be the cause of the fire.”

BDST: 1330 HRS, AUG 30, 2013
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