Staff Reporter :
Three persons, including a child, were burnt alive and six others received burn injuries when a fire brokeout at the garage of a five-storey building on the Dilu Road in the city’s Eskaton early Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Kader, 45, Afrin Jannat, 17, and AKM Rushdi, 5, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, In-Charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost.
The fire originated in the five-storey building on Dilu Road around 4:30am. Eight units of firefighters reached the spot around
4:40am and brought the blaze under control around 5:00am, Debasish Burman, Deputy Director of Dhaka Fire Service and Civil Defence.
A five-member committee headed by Abul Hosen, Deputy Director of Mymensingh Fire Service and Civil Defence was formed to probe the incident, Debasish Burman said.
The committee was asked to submit the report within 15 days.
According to Lutfur Rahman, the gatekeeper of the building, the fire had originated from an electric metre box of the garage.
“I saw a spark in the box turned into a fire catching a wooden bed nearby,” the gateman said.
Three persons, including a child, were burnt alive and six others received burn injuries when a fire brokeout at the garage of a five-storey building on the Dilu Road in the city’s Eskaton early Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Kader, 45, Afrin Jannat, 17, and AKM Rushdi, 5, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, In-Charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost.
The fire originated in the five-storey building on Dilu Road around 4:30am. Eight units of firefighters reached the spot around
4:40am and brought the blaze under control around 5:00am, Debasish Burman, Deputy Director of Dhaka Fire Service and Civil Defence.
A five-member committee headed by Abul Hosen, Deputy Director of Mymensingh Fire Service and Civil Defence was formed to probe the incident, Debasish Burman said.
The committee was asked to submit the report within 15 days.
According to Lutfur Rahman, the gatekeeper of the building, the fire had originated from an electric metre box of the garage.
“I saw a spark in the box turned into a fire catching a wooden bed nearby,” the gateman said.
