2 electrocuted in Gazipur

 Two garment factory workers were electrocuted during a fire incident in Sripur upazila on Wednesday.

The deceased are Khairul Islam, 32, of Chandabah village in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh, and Abdus Samad, 38, of Kalamegha village in Shafipur upazila in Tangail. They were workers of Rishida Knitex at Nayanpur in Sripur.

Sources at local fire service said the fire broke out at the house of Siddique Miah at Nayanpur in the evening and it soon engulfed the adjoining houses.

Khairul and Samad came in touch with a live electrical wire while disconnecting a dish line at a tin-roofed house during the fire incident and died on the spot.

On information, fire fighters rushed in and doused the fire after one and a half hours of frantic efforts.

Meanwhile, the fire burned down 11 dwelling houses before it was put down.