DHAKA: Two workers sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out at a shoe factory in Siddik Bazar area in old part of Dhaka city on Saturday night.

The injured were- Masud Mia, 28 and Sohag, 20.

Sources said that the fire originated at around 10:00pm.

Confirming the matter, fire control office duty officer Farhat Hossain told banglanews, “On information, two fire fighting units rushed to the spot and doused the blaze.”

But in the meantime, two workers of the factory received burn injuries on different parts of their bodies including hand, face and legs.
 
Later, they were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

The origin of fire at Pewmoni Shoe factory could not be known immediately.

BDST: 0940 HRS, JAN 19, 2014
Edited by: SM. Mostafijur Rahman Nasim, Newsroom Editor/RS