Shawdesh Desk:

Two people were killed and three others sustained burn injuries in a devastating fire in Bhuluar Dighir Par area of the port city of Chattogram, said Fire Service on Monday morning.

The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.

Md Mobarak, senior station officer at Chandanpura Fire Service and Civil Defence, said that the fire began at Jafar Colony at the western end of the Dighir Par under Kotwali police station at about 6:30am.

Being informed at about 6:42am, four firefighting units from Nandankanan and Chandanpura stations rushed to the spot and rescued five people from the fire, he said.

The injured people were sent to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital, where physicians declared two of them dead, the fire service official said, adding that the rest trio was undergoing treatment at the burn and plastic unit at the hospital.

The pair might have died after inhaling the smoke and the fire originated from an electric short-circuit, he said, adding that the fire was brought under control at about 7:15m.

Several rooms of five dwelling houses at the colony were gutted d by the fire, causing damage of valuables worth several lakhs of Taka, said Mobarak.

The low-income group resides at the colony and fire incidents are reported almost every year.