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FIRE-KILLING-CTG
Elderly woman burnt to death in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 16, 2021 (BSS) – An elderly woman died in a devastating
fire at a slum beside Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) area under EPZ
thana in the city early today.
Nowsha Begum, 80, was reportedly burnt inside a room of the slum, Newton
Das, deputy assistant director of Agrabad Fire Service and Civil Defense,
told BSS.
He said that the fire originated from an electric short circuit at a room
of the slum at 3.40 am and engulfed 10 to 12 adjoining houses.
A total of nine fire extinguisher vehicles from different areas rushed to
the spot and brought the fire under control in two-hour efforts, he said.
They rescued the dead body of the elderly woman from a rented house of the
slum, he added.
The body was later handed over to her relatives.
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