Dhaka: At least six people, including a woman, were killed on Wednesday when a fire broke out in a textile factory in Bangladesh's Munshiganj district, police said. The fire erupted in the first-floor of the Ideal Textile mill building where chemicals were stored, they said.
The blaze has left the factory in Charmuktarpur area near the district town severely damaged, police said. Four fire-fighting units from Munshiganj and Narayanganj are working at the scene to put out the blazes, said Md Joynal Abedin, in-charge of Muktarpur police outpost. "A few other workers are still missing, so the death toll may rise. Renovations were going on the same floor, where welders were at work," Abedin was quoted as saying by bdnews24.
"A spark caused the fire at the chemical warehouse, which spread to other parts soon after," the police officer said.