Paralysed elderly man dies in Chattogram slum fire
A paralysed elderly man burned to death in a slum fire at Patenga area of Chattogram early today.
The deceased was identified as Nousa Mia (80), a resident of Raibeat slum in Patenga.
Newton Das, deputy assistant director of Chattogram Fire Service and Civil Defence, told The Daily Star that the blaze swept through the slum around 4:00am.
Eight units from four fire stations rushed to the spot and put out the fire around 5:00am, he said adding that they found the body from one of the burned rooms.
The man could not move out as he was paralysed, he added.
The cause of fire could not be known.
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