A sexagenarian woman and her granddaughter have been burnt to death as a fire broke out at a house in Tilakpur village under Dewanganj upazila of Jamalpur district early Sunday.
The deceased have been identified as Jarina Begum, 60 and Sabina Yasmin, 9, daughter of Jhoru Sheikh.
Locals said Jarina and Sabina were sleeping while the fire broke out at the house.
Dewanganj Circle Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abdul Hannan said: “The fire originated at Jhoru Sheikh’s Kitchen at 12:30am and soon engulfed the entire house, leaving his mother and daughter dead and four others injured.”
The injured were Jhoru Sheikh and his relatives Afsar Ali, Suruj Ali and Abdus Salam, he added.
The injured were admitted to local hospital, said police.