A female school teacher was burnt to death and her two doctor sons sustained injuries in a fire at a village in the district last night.
Locals said the fire originated from mud-woven and engulfed the house while they were asleep in the night at Madariganj locality under the Bagmara upazila of the district.
The deceased has been identified as Farida Yeasmin, 48, wife of Ejajul Basher. She was a teacher of Shibpur Girls High School under Durgapur upazila. Her husband is an X-ray expert at Durgapur Upazila Health Complex.
Two sons Dr Rashidul Basher and Dr Shafiul Basher, who completed MBBS recently, are now fighting for life at present. They were immediately rushed to the burn unit at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) and when their health conditions deteriorated they were shifted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Friday morning.
RMCH sources said 45% of their bodies were burnt.
Nimay Roy, a fire fighter at Bagmara Fire Station, told BSS that the family members used to cook food in a chalk stove on the third floor of their three-storied building.
On Eid night, they cooked food but did not douse the fire.
Roy said valuables in the building worth around Tk90 lakh were burnt to ashes.