A couple have suffocated to death in smoke caused by a fire in Chittagong.
Published : 19 Dec 2016, 03:06 AM
The fire burnt down three houses in the port city's Shahajiparha on Sunday morning, Chittagong Fire Service official Kazi Nazrul Islam told bdnews24.com.
Hamid said the duty doctor declared the couple dead. The doctor said they died of suffocation.
Their relatives said the fire actually gutted the houses of their neighbours but the smoke choked them when they went into their house to bring academic certificates and other papers.
Fire Service officials said the fire might have originated from a cooking stove.