Infant dies, 2 injured in city fire

Dhaka: A seven-month old boy was burnt to death and his parents sustained injuries as a fire broke out at a building in city’s Mirpur area early Wednesday. The deceased is Tamim while the injured are Manik, in his thirties, and his wife Mina, in her late twenties. The fire, originated from a cigarette butt, broke out at the ground floor of a four-storey building around 11:45 and spread soon, said Rashed Shikdar, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defense central control room. The fire was spread all over the room due to the leakage of gas line, he said.