Staff Reporter: A fire broke out in Bhasantek area of Dhaka left three members of a family in burn injuries.
Locals said that the fire stared at a tin-roofed house in No. 13 section of West Bhasantek’s Shyamal Palli area on Saturday night.
The victims have been identified as Md Zakir, 40, his wife Rani Begum, 35, and their son Riyad, 15.
As per doctors’ information, Inspector Md Bachchu Mia of Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s police outpost said that all three of the injured persons are in critical condition.
The victims said that an electrical short-circuit sparked the fire.
Lima Khanom, control room officer of the fire service said that they received reports of the fire at 12:30am on Sunday.
However, locals managed to put out the flames before the fire services vehicles reached there.
