Fire at Bangladesh Madrasa Hospitalizes 63 Students, 4 Critical
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MENAFNThe blaze started on the second floor of a five-story building in Narayanganj, roughly 16 kilometers (10 miles) southeast of the capital, Dhaka. Abdullah Al Arefin, deputy assistant director of the Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defence, said four firefighting units were sent to the scene and brought the flames under control. Most students got out without burns, he added, though several suffered smoke inhalation.
The fire began in the library and office rooms of Jamiatul Ashrafia Madrasa, which houses about 1,300 students, the majority of them boarders.
All 63 affected students were rushed to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka. Four are in intensive care in critical condition, and one of them is on life support, resident surgeon Sultan Mahmud Sikdar told a local newspaper. He said none of the students had burns, but all had breathing difficulties believed to be caused by smoke inhalation.
A preliminary Fire Service assessment points to an electrical short circuit as the possible cause.
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