2 killed in Katabon apartment fire

Two people died after a fire broke out on the 11th floor of
a 14-storey residential building in the capital's Katabon area, Prothom Alo
reports.
The
fire service received a report of the fire at around 1:05am today (27 June).
Six units brought the blaze under control at 3:08am, confirmed Rafi Al Faruk,
duty officer at the fire service central control room.
The
deceased were Md Joni, 25, and Md Abdus Salam, 19.
Rafi said the two victims were rescued with burn injuries and taken to
hospital.
Joni
was taken to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, while Abdus
Salam was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors later declared
both of them dead.
The
fire service said no one remains trapped inside the building and no additional
casualties have been reported.
The
cause of the fire could not be immediately determined.
















