Fire at Old Dhaka's Plastic Factory: 6 Bodies Recovered

At least six persons died in a fire at a plastic factory in old Dhaka's Chawkbazar area that originated this noon.

Fire officials recovered five bodies so far. They are working to recover another body from the four-storey building.

Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of Fire Service and Civil Defence, confirmed that he saw total six bodies inside the building.

The fire at the factory originated around 12pm and 10 firefighting units brought the blaze under control around 2:20pm, fire officials said.

The first floor and second floors of the building house plastic factory while the third floor is the warehouse of plastic toys, fire officials said.