Three burnt as shoe factory catches fire in city
Sunday, 14 June 2015
Three people, including a man and his son, sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out at a shoe factory in the Tikkatuli in the city early Saturday, reports UNB.
The victims were identified as Salahuddin, 60, his son Pantu,18, and an employee of the shoe factory, Nazim Uddin,16. The injured were given first aid at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Salahuddin received 14 per cent burns while his son Pantu five per cent.
Hospital sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at the factory, located on the first floor of the house no-14 in the area, and soon engulfed the entire factory, leaving the trio injured.