Chattogram slum fire burns dead 8

Logo of fire Illustration
Logo of fire Illustration

Bodies of at least eight people, including seven of two families, were recovered from debris after a deadly fire broke out at Bhera-market slum in Chaktai area of Chattogram early Sunday.

Around 200 houses were gutted in the fire that broke out around 3:30am, Chattogram fire service and civil defence deputy assistant director Jasim Uddin told Prothom Alo.

Several other people have sustained burn injuries in the fire, he said.

Ten fire-fighting units were working to douse the blaze until filing this report.

A four-member committee has been constituted to investigate into the reason of the fire and the losses incurred, said Chattogram deputy commissioner Mohammad Elius Hossain.