Two siblings burnt alive in Bandarban
Two siblings were burnt alive as a fire broke out at their house at Kumari Chakkata Para in Lama upazila of the district yesterday morning.
The deceased were identified as Sumi Akhter, 4, and Naila Akhter, 2, daughters of Ilyias Ali and Selina Begum of the village.
Police and locals said the fire originated from a stove at the house of Ilyias Ali at around 9:30am and soon engulfed the entire house.
Sumi and her sister Naila were trapped inside a room and burnt to death as their parents were not at the house at the time of the incident.
Locals extinguished the blaze after an hour of frantic efforts and recovered the two charred bodies.
Being informed, police went to the spot, recovered the bodies and sent them to the hospital morgue for autopsy.
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