A housewife was burnt to death in a fire reportedly caused by a gas cylinder blast at her residence in Barura Upazila of Comilla on Friday morning.
The deceased was identified as Yasmin, 21, wife of Md. Rezaul Karim. They got married one month ago.
According to the Fire Service and Civil Defence, a gas cylinder exploded in Yasmin's residence at around 6am and immediately the entire room where the deceased was sleeping, caught fire.
"Yasmin was burnt to ashes in that fire," said Iqbal Bahar Majumder, officer-in-charge (OC), of Barura police station.
During the incident, her husband was in the mosque for Fajr prayers, he said, adding that: "The cause of the fire could not be ascertained immediately."
“We are investigating the matter”, OC Iqbal further added.