Five workers burnt to death at Gazipur tyre factory fire

Staff Reporter :
At least five workers were killed and four others injured when a fire swept through a tyre factory at Pubail of Gazipur district on Saturday afternoon.
The identities of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately.
The death toll may rise, as four critically injured workers were rushed to a local hospital.
Morshedul Islam, Station Officer of Gazipur Fire Service and Civil Defence, said,”The fire broke out around 4:00pm. We later recovered the bodies of the deceased workers from the factory.”
He said, six fire fighting units from Gazipur, Tongi, Kaliganj and Kaliakoir doused the blaze in four hours. He, however, said the reason of the tragic incident could not be known immediately.
Hurun-Ar-Rashid, Superintendent of Police, Gazipur district, said that the bodies were sent to the Gazipur Sadar Hosptial morgue for autopsy.
Additional police personnel had been deployed in the area, the SP said.