Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- A fire at Ibn Sina Pharmaceuticals' factory in Gazipur's Shafipur has been brought under control more than an hour after it broke out, the Fire Service and Civil Defence has said.

The flames were contained at 5:35pm on Saturday, it said.

The blaze started at 4:22pm in a ground-floor storage area of the company's six-storey building, said Talha Bin Zasim, an official at the Fire Service central media cell.

The first firefighting unit reached the site within 12 minutes.

Four units from the Kaliakair and Konabari fire stations began work at about 5:15pm, followed around 15 minutes later by two more units from Gazipur Chowrasta.

The Fire Service did not report any casualties or provide details of the damage.

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