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  • Pirojpur Correspondent
  • Published: 15 Feb 2021, 01:16 PM

A couple was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at a house of Mathbaria upaizla in Pirojpur district early Sunday. The deceased were identified as Saiful Islam, 20, son of Barek Mia and his wife Moni Begum, 18, of village Nalbunia of the upazila.

Mathbaria Fire Service and Civil Defense station master Sumon said that the fire broke out at the College Road house of Saiful at about 5:00am. Saiful and Moni were asleep during the incident. On information, a firefighting unit rushed to the spot and recovered the charred body of the couple.

The bodies were sent to local hospital morgue for post-mortem examinations, said Masuduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Mathbaria police station. However, it is still not clear what caused the fire but the fire service officials said that they suspected that the fire might have been caused by a short-circuit. Police are investigating the incident.

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