One dies, eight hurt in Ctg building fire
An elderly woman died and eight, including six members of a family, suffered burn injuries in a fire at a six-storey building in Chattogram city on Sunday night.
Peyara Begum (65), who suffered 60 percent burns, succumbed to her injuries at the burn unit of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) around 12:45pm yesterday.
The six injured -- Peyara's son Mijanur Rahman (42), daughter-in-law Bibi Sultana (30), grandson Mahir (7), granddaughter Manha (2); other son Saiful Islam (20) and daughter Sumaya Akhter (18) -- were admitted to the burn unit. Family members decided to take them to Dhaka for better treatment in the afternoon, said Dr Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, head of the CMCH burn unit, adding that condition of most of the injured was critical.
Two other injured -- Riajul Islam (22) and his wife Salma Jahan (21) -- used to sublet a room at Mijanur's flat, said OC Jahir Hossain of Akbar Shah Police Station.
The fire broke out at Mijanur's flat on the top floor of "Momtaj Villa" in North Kattoli area around 9:30pm, the OC added.
Mijanur, a service holder at a private company, used to stay alone. So he sublet the room to the couple. His wife, a primary school teacher at Dagonbhuiyan upazila in Feni, and other family members who live in their village home in Feni, came to visit him a few weeks back, said the OC.
The cause of the fire was yet to be known, the OC said, adding that Fire Service and Civil Defence and Power Development Board are investigating the incident.
A duty officer at the divisional headquarters of fire service at Agrabad said the fire was extinguished before their team reached the spot. Fire service suspects that the fire originated from an electric short circuit, the officer said.
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