An elderly man has died and several mud houses burnt after a fire broke out at a slum near the Chattogram Export Processing Zone.
Published : 18 May 2022, 03:11 PM
The blaze broke out at 11 am on Wednesday in the Dhumpara area near Kalshi Dighi, according to Md Farooq Hossain Sikder, assistant director of the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence in Chattogram.
“An elderly man known as Abdul Karim died in the fire. Locals told me that he was a hundred years old and had hearing and visual impairments," Farooq said.
"We have recovered his body."
Farooq said mostly low-income people lived in the area and a lot of mud houses were burnt down in the flames.
Authorities have yet to determine exactly how many homes were lost to the fire.