A fire broke out at an Essential Drugs Company factory in Tongi, Gazipur, on Wednesday morning, prompting a major response from the Fire Service. Eleven firefighting units were deployed to bring the blaze under control, while two people sustained burn injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment.
The fire started at around 10.15 am on 14 October at the factory located in the jurisdiction of Tongi West Police Station in Gazipur Metropolitan area. Firefighters from the Tongi Fire Service arrived at the scene after receiving the alert and began efforts to contain the blaze. As the operation progressed, additional units joined the response, bringing the total number of firefighting units involved to 11.
The two injured people were rescued and admitted to Ahsan Ullah Master General Hospital in Tongi. Their identities and current medical conditions were not immediately available.
Shaheen Alam, senior station officer at the Tongi Fire Service, confirmed that 11 units were working to control the fire. He expressed hope that the blaze would be brought under control soon.
The cause of the fire remains unknown. Authorities had not immediately released details about where the blaze originated within the factory or how extensively it had spread. The extent of damage to the building, equipment and other property was also unclear at the time of reporting.
Fires at industrial facilities can pose serious risks to workers, particularly when flames spread through production areas or affect machinery and stored materials. In pharmaceutical manufacturing plants, such incidents can also raise concerns about workplace safety, damage to production equipment and potential disruption to manufacturing operations. However, there was no immediate information indicating whether production at the Essential Drugs Company facility had been suspended or whether any medicines or raw materials had been damaged.
The immediate priority for the responding teams was to contain the fire and prevent it from spreading further. The presence of 11 firefighting units indicates the scale of the emergency response, although the precise intensity of the blaze and the measures taken inside the facility had not been detailed by officials.
Further information is awaited on the cause of the incident, the full extent of the damage and the condition of the two injured people. Those details are expected to provide a clearer picture of the impact of the fire on the factory and its operations.
