Four members of the Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) were injured in a fire that broke out at a chemical warehouse in Tongi, Gazipur, on Monday afternoon.

The tin-roofed warehouse is located in Sahara Market, while firefighters were alerted to the incident at 3:29pm, according to the FSCD Media Cell.

Seven firefighting units rushed to the spot and were working to douse the flame, it said.

Three firefighters and an officer were injured while extinguishing the blaze, it added.

The cause of the fire could not be known immediately.