Two Bangladeshis among 10 killed in Saudi Arabia carpentry workshop fire

At least 10 people, including two Bangladeshis, have been killed and three others injured in a fire at a carpentry factory in Saudi Arabia.

Mohammad Shofi Ullah, Saudi Arabia Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 15 Oct 2017, 04:39 PM
Updated : 15 Oct 2017, 04:39 PM

The Bangladeshis who died in the fire at the factory in Riyadh are Shaheed Sarder, 35, from Shariatpur and 'Sohag', 32, from Kishoreganj.

Labour Counsellor Sarwar Alam at the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh confirmed their identities to bdnews24.com.

The workshop at Badr district caught fire on Sunday local time, Arab News reported citing a tweet of the Saudi civil defence.

The civil defence did not give any information on the cause of the overnight fire, the newspaper reported.