A woman and her granddaughter were killed after a fire broke out at their house at Kaderia Para village in Rangunia upazila of Chittagong district on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Rumi Akhtar, 55, wife of Ruhul Amin, and her five-year-old granddaughter Jannat Akhtar, residents of the same village.
Fire Service and locals said the fire erupted from an electrical short circuit and engulfed eight tin-shed houses within a short time at dawn.
The woman and the girl were trapped inside one of the houses and burned to death.
Deputy assistant director of Chittagong Fire Service Abdul Mannan said firefighters from Rangunia Station rushed to the spot and managed to bring the fire under control after nearly an hour of effort.
The affected families claimed that properties worth around Tk50 lakh were destroyed in the fire.