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The victims of the fire that broke out in a flat on the ground floor of a five-storey building around 12:30am on Wednesday are a couple and their minor child, a Fire Service official said.
“The fire started when someone lit a cigarette,” Abdullah said.
He said the couple were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s burns unit and the child to a local hospital, but could not give their details.