Worker dies after jumping off burning PRAN factory in Habiganj

A worker has died after jumping off a chips factory of PRAN-RFL Group during a fire incident in Habiganj’s Shayestaganj Upazila, reports bdnews24.com.

At least 40 other people have been injured in the fire that started at building No. 13 of the company at Habiganj Industrial Park in Olipur around 4:00 pm on Wednesday.

Ehsanul Haque, an assistant general manager of PRAN-RFL Group in Habiganj, said the workers were injured when they tried to exit.

One of them, Nazma Begum, died after jumping from the roof of the six-storey building, he said.

Citing Fire Service and Civil Defence, Shayestaganj Police Station chief Mobarak Hossain said five units of firefighters worked for two and a half hours to bring the fire under control.

The origin of the fire will be investigated, he said.