A fire broke out at a plastic factory in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar area early today.
The fire originated around 3:42am at the factory located on the 2nd floor of a multi-storey building named 'Noakhali Bhaban' on Urdu Road under Chowk Bazar police station.
A total of 15 firefighter units rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control at around 5:35am, said duty officer of Fire Brigade and Civil Defence headquarters control room Russel Sikdar.
Later the fire was doused at around 8:45 am, he said.
