The Fire Service and Civil Defence Department’s media cell confirmed the incident on Sunday, 18 October. However, the authorities had not immediately established the cause of the fire, and there was no confirmed information about casualties.
Firefighters were working at the scene as efforts continued to contain the blaze. The extent of the fire, the amount of material stored inside the warehouse and the scale of any damage had not been determined at the time of reporting. It was also unclear whether nearby buildings or businesses had been affected.
Scrap fabric warehouses commonly store discarded pieces of cloth and other textile waste collected from garment production. Such materials can fuel a fire and allow it to spread rapidly if they are stored in large quantities. The risk can be greater in premises where combustible materials are kept close together or where access for emergency crews is restricted. However, there was no immediate indication of what caused Sunday’s fire or whether any particular safety issue contributed to it.
Konabari is part of Gazipur’s wider industrial area, where garment manufacturing and related businesses play an important role in local economic activity. Fires at warehouses and industrial premises can threaten workers, nearby businesses and property, making a prompt emergency response essential.
For now, the priority remains bringing the fire under control and establishing the circumstances surrounding the incident. Further information is needed to determine whether anyone was injured, how much property was damaged and what triggered the blaze.
The authorities had not released any further details by the time of reporting. The situation may become clearer once firefighting operations are completed and the relevant agencies are able to assess the site.
