Two siblings have died in Chattogram after a fire gutted their house on Monday night, officials said on Tuesday.
The fire broke out around 10:00pm at the house of a man named Mohammad Idris Mia in ward- 4 of Saral union in the district's Banshkhali upazila when the family was fast asleep, officials said.
“By the time the firefighting unit reached the spot, both the children were dead,” said Nuru Bashar, team leader of Bashkhali fire service, adding that the fire originated from an electrical short-circuit.
The deceased were identified as Minhaz Uddin, 12, and his sister Ruhi Aktar, 2.5, both children of Idris.
The fire soon engulfed two adjacent houses in the locality, according to officials.
Banshkhali police station Sub-Inspector Dipak Kumar Singha said that the police were alerted about the deaths.
