<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Thirteen firefighting units are working to bring the blaze under control as flames are seen from inside the mill four hours after the fire broke out at the S Alam Refining Sugar Industries Limited at Isanagar in Karnaphuli upazila of Chattogram on Monday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Shoaib Hossain Munshi, warehouse inspector of Karnaphuli Fire Service, said the fire broke out at the sugar mill, owned by S Alam group, around 4 pm and spread soon.</div><div><br></div><div>On information, eight firefighting units rushed to the spot and are trying to tame the blaze.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, five more firefighting units joined with the efforts to put the fire under control.</div><div><br></div><div>A team of Bangladesh Navy also joined their hands with fire service men.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the cause of the fire could not be known immediately.</div><div><br></div><div>The firefighting units are working relentlessly to douse the fire after having finally managed to bring the blaze outside the storage area under control around 8 pm.</div><div><br></div><div>Still fire was seen inside the mill, with the entire stock of unrefined sugar slowly melting.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Members of Coast Guards and Air Forces joined their efforts with the firefighters to extinguish the blaze.</div><div><br></div><div>Subrata Kumar Bhowmik, executive director of Salam Group, said the fire engulfed the mill very fast as the operation of the mill was continuing.</div><div><br></div><div>About one lakh tonnes of raw materials of sugar, imported from Brazil worth Tk 1400 crore, might be gutted down in the inferno, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Whether there is any worker stuck inside the mill could not be known immediately.</div><div><br></div><div>A Fire Service man was injured while extinguishing the blaze, said Shoaib Hossain. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>