120804 Woman killed in fire
Bangladesh Aug 04 2012 “Building” “Factories”
Dead : dead 1 to 4 Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Web Source: The Daily Star
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=244967
Date: 5 August, 2012
Country: Bangladesh
Woman killed in fire
Updated: 2012-08-05
An elderly woman was killed in a fire incident in Mirzapur upazila on Saturday night.
The deceased was identified as Rekha Begum, 55, wife of Gaffar Ali at Checkmi village under Sadullapur upazila in Gaibandha district.
Golam Mostofa, officer in-charge of Mirzapur PS, said the woman was a worker at a gul (tobacco powder) factory in Gorai industrial area.
She caught fire while drying tobacco on a gas stove at the factory.
Seriously burnt, she was rushed to the nearby clinic where she succumbed to her injuries.