Worker dies as fire guts tin-shed house in capital

A youth was burnt to death in a fire at a tin-shed house in Dhaka's Kadamtoli area early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Delwar Hossain (19), a worker at a steel mill factory. 

The fire originated on the first floor of the tin-shed house around 3am.

Twenty-one rooms of the house were gutted before two units of fire fighters brought the blaze under control through a two-hour effort, said Lima Khanam, duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence Control Room.

Later, firefighters recovered the charred body of Delwar from a room on the first floor. Police later sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. 

Deceased's brother Jakir Hossain said Delwar, youngest among two siblings, used to live in the room with five others and was asleep when the fire started spreading. 

His roommates escaped unhurt as they were occupied in night-shift duties.