Five including four of a family die in fire

Five people including four members of a family have been burned to death in a fire at their Pashchimbazar residence in Moulvibazar.

The fire originated at Subhash Ray's house around 10:00am on Tuesday was doused by the firefighters after around one and a half hours, said police.

The identity of the deceased could be known immediately. But among the dead, there were a woman and a child, according to police.

Moulvibazar municipality mayor Md Fazlur Rahman and Moulvibazar Sadar model police station's inspector (investigation) confirmed the incident to Prothom Alo.

According to the Fire Service and Civil Defence and police, the fire originated from the first floor of the two-storey house which has showrooms on the ground floor.

A total of five bodies were later recovered from the first floor, said a firefighter.