Man burnt alive in Chawk Bazar building fire

A seven-storied building caught fire today, believed to have been originated from mosquito coil and killing its owner in Dhaka’s Chawk Bazar early today.

Police identified the deceased as Kafi Alam, 55, landlord of the building at Kamalbag. Doctors said, he sustained 40 percent burns on his body and died of it.

Victim’s son Khokon told reporters that the fire sparked from a burning mosquito coil around 2:00am and quickly spread. His father was trapped in a room and sustained burn injuries.

He was rushed to the burn unit at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where he was declared dead around 2:30pm this afternoon, said Muradul Islam, officer-in-charge at Chawk Bazar Police Station.