An elderly woman has died of suffocation, trapped in a fire at her home in Dhanmondi.
Published : 07 Feb 2016, 09:27 AM
The 12-storey building caught fire around 1am on Sunday.
Munnujan Begum lost consciousness while trapped on the eight floor of the building. More than 50 others were evacuated from the building, said Fire Service official Brozen Kumar Sarkar.
The 75-year-old woman lived in the flat with her son and his family. She was declared dead at a hospital.