Chattogram Bureau :
At least nine people, including children, have injured in a fire in a Chattogram home. Later one died while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
The fire broke out on the top floor of a six-storey building in Murad Chowdhury Bari on Sunday night, said Zahir Hossain, Officer incharge of Akbar Shah Police Station.The injured were Mizanur Rahman, 42, Saifur Rahman, 18, Piyara Begum, 65, Bibi Sultana, 35, Maher, 8, Manha, 2, Sumaiya, 18, Riyad, 22 and Salma Jahan, 21.Locals rescued nine with burn injuries from the building and took them to hospital.At least five of them are in critical condition, said Rafiq Uddin, a doctor of the burn unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital.Fire Service personnel who visited the scene believed that an electrical short-circuit caused the fire. “Electric wires in all of the rooms were melted.
They are investigating the incident,” Zahir said.
At least nine people, including children, have injured in a fire in a Chattogram home. Later one died while undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
The fire broke out on the top floor of a six-storey building in Murad Chowdhury Bari on Sunday night, said Zahir Hossain, Officer incharge of Akbar Shah Police Station.The injured were Mizanur Rahman, 42, Saifur Rahman, 18, Piyara Begum, 65, Bibi Sultana, 35, Maher, 8, Manha, 2, Sumaiya, 18, Riyad, 22 and Salma Jahan, 21.Locals rescued nine with burn injuries from the building and took them to hospital.At least five of them are in critical condition, said Rafiq Uddin, a doctor of the burn unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital.Fire Service personnel who visited the scene believed that an electrical short-circuit caused the fire. “Electric wires in all of the rooms were melted.
They are investigating the incident,” Zahir said.
