Minister factory lacks fire safety measures
A Minister refrigerators’ warehouse in Gazipur’s Dhirasram area that caught fire yesterday did not have sufficient fire safety measures, said fire service officials.
Mamunur Rashid, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence in Gazipur, said they had to struggle to douse the fire as the building was full of flammable materials and it did not have sufficient space for fire engines to enter.
He, however, did not explain what fire safety measures were absent at the building.
Rafikul Islam, deputy managing director of Minister Hightech Park Ltd, said the fire originated from the fourth floor of the six-storey building around 7:15am and quickly spread to the fifth floor.
On information, 18 units of firefighters from different stations rushed to the spot and doused the fire around 2:15pm, he added.
The factory authorities are expected to brief the media at 11:00am today.
Asked, firefighter Rashid said the reason behind the fire could not be known immediately.
No causality has been reported as of afternoon and the fire fighters were searching the building if there was anyone trapped, he added.
After inspecting the spot, Motaleb Mia, deputy inspector general of the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments, told journalists that establishment of warehouse on the fourth floor or above in any building was illegal.
A seven-member probe committee, led by an additional district magistrate, was formed to investigate the incident.
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