Two female garment workers, who sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a house in the EPZ area of Chittagong on June 25, have died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), raising the death toll from the incident to three, reports UNB.
The deceased were identified as Kohinoor Akhter, 19, of Lama upazila in Bandarban, and Nargis Akhter, 20, of Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar district.
The fire incident occurred as the house inmates went to bed without switching off the gas stove at their kitchen on the night of June 25.
When they lighted a candle for taking Sehri in the early hours, the room went up in flames, leaving Nargis’ brother Nayan, 17, dead on the spot and three others –- Nargis, Kohinoor and Salma, 21, -- injured.