News Desk: A fire that broke out at a chips factory at Postagola in the capital's Purbo Jurain on Wednesday night was doused in the early hours of Thursday.

The firefighters were alerted to the incident at 11:22pm, said the Media Cell of the Fire Service and Civil Defence.

Eight firefighting units battled the blaze and put it out completely around 6:10am on Thursday, it said.

No casualties were reported in the incident.

The cause of the fire and the extent of damage could not be confirmed immediately.

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