Firefighters recovered the burnt bodies of two people after a fire broke out at Mollabari slum in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar early today.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The fire broke out at the slum around 2:23 am and soon engulfed it, said Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector of Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters (media cell).
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On information, 13 firefighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze around 3:40 am.
Later, the firefighters recovered two burnt bodies from the slum. Cause of the fire could not be known immediately.
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