Varnish factory, godown of electrical goods gutted

Three of them received burns in a fire while cleaning an underground water tank of a house at West Jurain at around 1:30pm. Noor Islam, 25, Mohammad Rabin, 12, and Mahmud Hasan Rudra, 7, lowered themselves into the empty water tank with a burning candle, which causes the accumulated gas to explode, witnesses said.

They were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) with burns in different parts of their bodies.

In the other incidents, a fire destroyed huge raw materials and products and equipment at the Hossain Electric Industries and Nito Varnish in Saddam market area at Shyampur.

An electrical short circuit sparked off the fire at around 2:30pm, said fire fighters.

Amir Hossain Howlader, owner of the establishments, and Mohammad Nabi, an employee were injured in the fire.

Fire fighters brought the blaze under control in about half-an-hour. They estimated that the fire has caused a loss of Tk 10 lakh.