Three people including a woman and her minor son were burned to death and another was critically injured in a fire at a house in Syedpara area of Chattogram on Sunday.
The deceased are Nur Nahar Begum, 30, her one-year-old son Maruf, and neighbour Md Imam Uddin, 23. Details about them could not be known immediately.
“They succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment at the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) at noon,” CMCH police outpost Assistant Sub Inspector Nurul Alam Ashiq said.
Condition of burned three-year-old Firiya, daughter of Nur Nahar, was stated to be critical, he said.
Bayezid Bostami police station Officer-in-Charge Ferdous Jahan said the fire originated from a mosquito coil at the shanty of one Tota Miah and it engulfed two other adjacent shanties within a few minutes around 4:30am.
On information, police rushed to the spot and rescued four people and sent them to the hospital, he said.
Agrabad Fire Station chief leader Chittro Ranjan said on information two firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control later.
