Second victim of Gulshan apartment fire succumbs to injuries

Another victim of the fire in an apartment at Dhaka's Gulshan has died.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 16 Nov 2016, 05:52 AM
Updated : 16 Nov 2016, 06:33 AM

The death toll in the fire has gone up to two.

Bedana Akter, who worked as a house help, succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday morning.

On Monday, a fire broke out in a room of the second floor apartment at the 'Navana Tower' on Road 73 in Gulshan-2.

Three house helps, who were in the room, had been rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) with severe burns.

One of them, 18-year-old Sharifa Akter, who had suffered 90 percent burns, died late on Monday.

Twenty-year-old Bedana Akter, who also suffered 90 percent burns, succumbed to her injuries around 8am on Wednesday, said DMCH burns unit Resident Doctor Partha Shankar Paul.

The other injured, Parvin Begum, 38, who is being treated at the hospital, has suffered 20 percent burns.