Man dies of ‘suffocation’ in Mirpur fire

A man who was rescued on Monday in an unconscious state from inside the carpet and curtain shop that caught fire at Senpara in city’s Mirpur area, died at a hospital in Dhaka in the morning.

Mamun was declared dead at Shuhrawardy Medical College Hospital after he was rushed there around 11:50am, Bhuiyan Mahbub Hossain, officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station.

He might have died of suffocation, police suspect.

Mamun was rescued from the third floor of the six-storey building, the police official added.

Six units of fire fighters doused the flames at the shop after their one-hour frantic efforts around 9:50am, sources at Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters said.

The fire department official could not ascertain the cause of the fire.