A madrasa teacher was burned to death when a fire broke out at a house at College Para in Khagrachhari Sadar upazila early Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Mausrijita Dewan, 32, a lecturer of Khagrachhari Islamia Alim Madrasa.
The fire broke out at Mausrijita’s house at around 12am and quickly spread, said Didarul Alam, deputy director of Khagrachhari Fire Service and Control room.
On information, a firefighting unit went to the spot and extinguished the blaze after one hour of frantic effort.
Later, they recovered the charred body of the college teacher.
Mausrijita was alone at her home as her father was not at home when the incident occurred. She failed to get out from her house during the fire.
However, it is still not clear what caused the fire.
