Four injured in Dhaka shopping mall fire

Greenwatch Desk Fire 2026-05-20, 12:52pm

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Four people suffered burn injuries in a fire apparently from electrical short circuit at Eastern Plus Shopping Complex in the capital’s Shantinagar area late Tuesday night.

The injured were identified as Sohrab 20, Shamim , 18, Sujit Das, 28 and Monayem Hossain, 33.

They were rushed to the emergency department of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery shortly after the incident, reports UNB.

Resident surgeon Dr Shaon Bin Rahman said all four victims suffered inhalation injury.

He said two of them were admitted to the hospital while the remaining two were kept under observation at the emergency unit.