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Death toll from Gazipur mill fire climbs to 6

Thursday, 4 July 2019


GAZIPUR, July 3 (UNB): Five more bodies were pulled out of the wreckage of a spinning mill in Sreepur upazila's Faridpur on Wednesday, taking the death toll to six.
Two of the deceased were identified as Shahjalal Mia and Anwar.
Mohammad Aktaruzzaman, deputy director of Gazipur Fire Service Control room, said firefighters recovered the charred bodies of five after extinguishing the blaze at night.
The bodies were sent to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital for autopsy.