A fire broke out at a factory of Essential Drug International in the Cherag Ali area of Tongi, Gazipur. Twenty firefighting units are working to bring the blaze under control.
Army personnel have joined the Fire Service in the operation.
The fire originated at 10:14am, according to Fire Service.
Shahin Alam, officer at Tongi Fire Service Station, said, teams from Tongi and Gazipur fire stations departed for the location at 10:15am and arrived at the scene at 10:25am.
The distance from the station to the site is approximately two kilometres.
The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage could not be immediately confirmed, while no casualties were reported.
