Child burnt alive in city slum fire

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FE Team | Published: February 09, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

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A child was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at Modhubagh in city's Moghbazar area on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com.
The fire started around 8:15am at a slum, adjacent to Hatirjheel, Fire Service official Mohammad Ali told the news agency. Some 13 fire fighting units fought the blaze and controlled it by 9:15am, he said.
A resident of the locality named Shamsu Mia said the fire originated from one Bablu Mia's house that spread to the slum and a rickshaw garage.
Around 300 people used to live in more than 100 shanties in the slum, he said.
All were gutted, said Ramna thana OC Moshiur Rahman. The body of three-year-old 'Sabuj' was found in one of the houses, he said.
The victim's mother Morzina Begum who works as a domestic help said she had left for work keeping Sabuj with her elder daughter.
As the fire broke out everybody ran out of the slum. Sabuj who was asleep during the fire was burnt alive.
The Ramna thana OC also said he had heard of the recovery of two more bodies, which he could not confirm.
Dhaka District Fire Service Deputy Director Zahirul Islam said there were different versions of how the fire started.
A four-member committee headed by Fire Brigade Headquarters Deputy Director (Administration) Farid Uddin has been formed to probe the source of the fire and estimate the damage.
Garment worker Tania Begum, one of the victim slum dwellers, said all furniture of her house were consumed by the fire.
Another dweller Hasina Begum, who works as a domestic help, said she also lost everything. She said she had no idea where to live and what to eat now.
Local Awami League leader Wahidul Haque Khan said party activists were working to assist the victims.