Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- A fire has erupted on two floors of a medical equipment manufacturing company near the Chittagong Export Processing Zone, also known as the Chattogram EPZ.

EPZ Police Station chief Mohammed Jamir Hossain Zia said the fire started around 2pm on Thursday at a company named "Adams Cap & Textile Limited" on Road 5 of Sector 1 in the area.

He told bdnews24.com, "The fire began on the seventh floor of the eight-storey building, which houses the medical equipment manufacturing facility. It subsequently spread to the sixth floor."

By around 4:30pm, the fire was "mostly under control", according to CEPZ Executive Director Abdus Sobhan.

He told bdnews24.com that there have been no reports of casualties as yet.

Abdul Mannan, a...