Boy burnt alive in Ctg

A teenaged boy was burned alive in a devastating fire at Feroj Shah Colony under Akber Shah Police Station in Chittagong city on Wednesday. The identity of the dead was not known immediately. At least seven houses and a grocery shop were gutted in the blaze that broke out around 3:00am. On information, three firefighting units from Agrabad and Bayejid fire stations rushed to the spot and controlled the blaze with the help of local people in the morning. The body was sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained, according to a news agency.