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As many as 102 people were killed and 281 others sustained burn injuries in 27,624 fire incidents across the country in 2023, according to Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) headquarters.
Of the deceased, 73 were males, 29 were females and 77 fire incidents were recorded in a day on average, read a press release on Sunday.
According to the Fire Service statistics, most of the fire incidents originated from electric short circuit, burning cigarette, oven and leakage of gas pipeline.
As per the statistics, the estimated loss caused by the fire was Tk 792,36,82,014, The Fire Service and Civil Defence (media cell) Station Officer Talha Bin Jashim told UNB.
Meanwhile, 48 firefighters were injured while another one died in a road crash while heading for extinguishing fire, he said.
Of the total fire incidents, 9,813 incidents (35.52 per cent) happened due to electric short circuits, 4,906 (17.76 per cent) from burning cigarettes, 4,117 (15.11 per cent) from ovens, 923 (3.34 per cent) from playing with fire, 770 (2.79 per cent) from gas pipeline leakage, 124 (0.45 per cent) from explosion of gas cylinder and boiler explosion and 87 fire incidents occurred due to firecrackers explosion, the statistics said.
Of the incidents, 3,334 fire accidents occurred in March, 3,141 in April, 3,235 in May, 2,646 in January, 2,713 in February, 2,450 in June last year.
