4 workers burnt in Bangsal shoe factory fire

Medical Correspondent: At least four workers have been burnt in a fire incident at a shoe manufacturing factory in Bangsal area of Dhaka.

The injured are - Rafiqul Islam, 25, Nayeem, 20, Faruk, 28 and Mahbub, 16.

Sources said that the fire originated around 1:00am from a gas stove in the factory. Later, on information, six fire service units rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control.

Dr Partha Shankar Paul, a resident surgeon at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital confirmed the matter.


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