Youth killed in shop fire
A youth was killed in a fire that broke out at a shop in Bayezid area of Chittagong city early yesterday.
The deceased -- Muhammad Sohel, 19 -- was an employee of the shop of scrap materials, said fire service.
Sohel was sleeping in the shop after locking its door. A battery of a rickshaw was being recharged inside it, said Deputy Assistant Director Purnachandra Mutshuddi of Chittagong Fire Service and Civil Defence Headquarters.
The fire originated from an electric short circuit from the recharging point, he said.
On information, a team of fire fighters rushed to the spot and doused the blaze, he added.
The team cut the door lock and rushed Sohel to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where the doctors declared him dead, said the official.
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