Man dies in slum fire
A man died in a fire at a slum near Shajahanpur Railway colony in the capital early yesterday. The deceased was Shipon Mia, 30.
The fire originated from an electric short circuit at a shanty of Kabilar slum and damaged two shanties, said fire service sources and police.
Firefighters with the help of locals doused the fire and recovered the body of Shipon from his house, said Ariful Islam, inspector of Khilgaon Fire Station.
Shipon might have been asleep and could not get out of his house, said Shahjahanpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Mabud. An unnatural death case was filed with the police station. The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy.
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