A shoe factory owner and its three employees have sustained severe burn injuries in a capital’s Mukimbazar fire on Sunday night.
The injured persons have been identified as Md Rumon, 28, the owner of the shoe factory and his employees--Kebru Miah, 34, Md Hossain, 30, and Sumon, 30.
They have been rushed to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).
Kausar Hossain, a maternal uncle of the factory owner, said the fire originated at around 8:30pm soon after the switch of a fan was on.
“As soon as the fire originated, it engulfed the entire factory within a few moments, leaving all of them burnt,” he said.
“We have just rushed them to the hospital.”
Officials at the Fire Service and Civil Defence said two units of the fire fighters rushed to the spot and doused the fire with their joint efforts for about an hour.
They, however, could not ascertain the cause of the fire.
