63 Madrasa Students Hospitalised After Fire Breaks Out in Narayanganj Library
Four students are in critical condition and are receiving treatment in the ICU at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
At least 63 students of a madrasa in Fatullah, Narayanganj, were hospitalised early Tuesday after suffering from smoke inhalation when a fire broke out in the institution’s library.
Four students are in critical condition and have been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
The fire erupted at around 1:55am in the library on the second floor of Jamia Ashrafia Madrasa in the Shantidhara area near Signboard in Fatullah.
Four units of the Fire Service responded to the incident and brought the blaze under control at 3:43am.
Dr Sultan Mahmud Sikder, a resident surgeon at the burn institute, said 63 students had so far been brought to the institute’s emergency department for treatment.
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