Two siblings die in Chattogram house fire

Two siblings burned to death in a house fire in Banskhali, Chittagong on Monday night, Feb 7 2022.

Chattogram, Feb 8 --  Two siblings were charred to death in a fire that gutted their house in Bangladesh’s southern district of Chattogram on Monday night, officials said on Tuesday. 

The deceased were identified as Minhaz Uddin (12) and his sister Ruhi Aktar (2.5), both children of Mohammad Idris Mia. 

The fire broke out around 10pm at the house of Idris in ward- 4 of Saral union in the district's Banshkhali upazila when the family was fast asleep, officials said. 

The fire soon engulfed two adjacent houses in the locality, according to officials. 

'The fire originated from an electrical short-circuit and by the time the firefighting unit reached the spot, both the children were dead," said Nuru Bashar, team leader of Bashkhali fire service. 

Dipak Kumar Singha, a sub-inspector at the Banshkhali police station, said that the police were alerted about the deaths.- UNB