Fire in textile mills in N'ganj
Fire damaged six lakh yards of cloth and machinery at two textile mills at Shastapur in Fatuallh yesterday.
Witnesses and fire fighters said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in the dyeing section of Dhaka Textile mills at around 2:30pm and soon engulfed the other sections of the unit.
Over five lakh yards of cloth and machinery were gutted in the fire, claimed the owner of the mills.
He said ten workers of his mills received injuries while they were trying to bring the blaze under control.
At one stage, the fire spread to the adjacent Samsuddin Dyeing factory, gutting one lakh yard cloth.
On information, fire fighters rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze at around 4:30pm.
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