Bogura, Mar 13 — A worker was charred to death in a fire that broke out at a mosquito coil factory at Shikarpur in Sadar Upazila early on Saturday morning. The deceased has been identified as Belal Hossain, 26, son of Majibor Rahman of Shahzadpur in Sirajganj district.
Bazlur Rashid, senior station officer of Bogura Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the fire broke out at the Shikarpur plant of
One Mosquito Coil company in the morning.
On information, three fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was contained within a couple of hours.
Later, the firefighters pulled out the charred body of Belal from the factory. The body has handed over to the local police, the fire official said m
“We suspect that the fire started due to an electrical short-circuit,” said Bazlur.
The affected factory owner claimed that the estimated loss caused by the fire could be over Tk 2-3 lakh. – UNB
