2 burnt victims of Ctg building fire die

An elderly woman and her grandchild, who suffered burn injuries in a fire following explosion in a building in Paschim Bakalia Dewan Bazar area of Chittagong city have died.   

The victims Samuda Khatun, 70 and her grandchild Tanima Afrin Ifti, 16, died at Chittagong Medical College and Hospital last midnight.

Samuda and Ifti, who received almost 100 percent burn injuries, succumbed to their injuries around 1:30am, said sub-inspector Jahirul Islam, in-charge of CMCH police camp.

Shah Md Abdur Rouf, additional deputy commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police, said the fire broke out on the second floor of the six-storey “Madrasah Arabia Khayeria Orphanage” building in the early hours after something went off with a big bang, leaving three people critically injured.

Later, the injured were taken to the burn unit of Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

Meanwhile, the reason behind the blast could not be known with police suspecting that it might have taken place from accumulated gas.

With UNB inputs