120601 Bangladesh Boy burnt to death in Ctg fire
Bangladesh Jun 01 2012 “Building” “Houses”
Dead : dead 1 to 4 Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Boy burnt to death in Ctg fire
Updated: 2012-06-01
A 12-year-old boy was killed and four houses were gutted in a fire in the port city of Chittagong early Friday.
Md Mamun, son of Abdus Salam of Noakhali, was burnt alive while asleep, our correspondent in Chittagong reports.
Fire Service and Civil Defence officials said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at a thatched house around 4:55am and soon engulfed the adjacent houses at Saraipara.
Two fire units from Agrabad fire station rushed to the spot and doused the blaze at about 5:30am.
Sekandar Ali, a sub-inspector of Pahartali Police Station, said an unnatural death case has been filed.
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Web Source: The Daily Star
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=38099
Date: 1 June, 2012
Country: Bangladesh