Knitwear factory gutted at Fatullah
A devastating fire gutted an export-oriented knitwear factory at Fatullah in the district early yesterday.
Witnesses said the fire broke out at the ground floor at about 2:30am when all the workers returned home after their work.
More than a hundred firefighters from the district and the capital took six hours to douse the fire at EEC Bangla Knitwear Factory.
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The origin of the fire that gutted machinery, threads, fabrics and clothes, could not be known immediately.
Firefighters estimated the damage at around Tk 1 crore, but the factory authorities claimed it at Tk 10 crore.
Locals said the factory caught fire four times in last five years.
The BKMEA leaders visited the spot.