Man dies of smoke inhalation in Mirsharai fire
A man died of smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram today (8 June).
The incident occurred in Ward-3 of Bariyarhat municipality.
The victim, Joynal Abedin, 35, hailed from Dighinala village in the Khagrachhari district.
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According to Bariyarhat Fire Service Senior Station Officer Md Joynal Abedin, the control room received reports of a fire at several shops and adjacent tin-shed houses around 3:05am.
Firefighters from the Bariyarhat station rushed to the scene and managed to bring the blaze under control after about two and a half hours, around 5:30am.
"The fire is believed to have started due to an electrical short circuit," the official said. "One shop and several rooms in a tin-shed colony were partially burned. After extinguishing the fire, we rescued one person from a room and handed him over to the police."
Regarding the deceased, the fire service officer said Joynal Abedin used to drive a rickshaw and work as a day labourer in the Bariyarhat area.
"He was living alone in a rented room in the colony. It appears he was asleep when the fire broke out and could not escape in time. He died of suffocation from the smoke."
