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Gulshan blaze: Two more hospitalized

They were taken to the hospital at around 2:30am on Monday

Update : 20 Feb 2023, 10:35 AM

Two more people have been admitted to a Dhaka hospital due to smoke inhalation from the fire that broke out on the seventh floor of a residential building in Dhaka's Gulshan area.

They were admitted at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery at around 2:30am on Monday. 

The two injured are Mosha Sikder, 33, and Roshan Ali, 35. 

Roshan is an employee of a resident of the building that caught fire and went there to deliver a sample before the fire broke out. On the other hand, Mosha Sikder is the driver of the same resident. 

Doctors at the hospital said they were under close observation. 

On Sunday evening, at least one person was killed in the fire, after jumping off from the multistorey building. 

The body was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue in an ambulance around 10pm. 

Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital Police Outpost, said the body of the male reached DMCH. He added the deceased did not have any burn injuries on his body.

The deceased along with three others was seriously injured after jumping from the seventh floor of the building in panic. The three others are receiving treatment at a hospital in critical condition.

Fire Service and Civil Defence Director General (DG) Brigadier General Md Main Uddin said a total of 19 firefighting units managed to bring the flames under control after four hours at around 11pm.

At least 22 people were rescued alive from the building, fire service official said in a briefing. Of them, 9 were male, 12 were female, and one child.

Meanwhile, the Fire Service and Civil Defence Director General (DG) Brigadier General Md Main Uddin formed the five-member investigation committee following the end of the primary rescue operation.

The head of the investigation committee is Director (Operation and Maintenance) Lt Col Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury. 

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