Firefighters have taken control of a fire that swept through a plastics factory in Dhaka's Lalbagh.
The fire broke out at the tin-roofed factory in Shahid Nagar's Bou Bazar area around 12:30 pm on Friday, according to Rozina Akhter, an official at the Fire Service Control Room, reports bdnews24.com.
Eight firefighting units were subsequently dispatched to the scene, she said.
The authorities could not immediately determine the cause of the fire or the extent of the damage.