3 Die in Ashulia Footwear Factory Fire

At least three people were burned to death and 15 others injured as a massive fire broke out at a footwear factory in Ashulia of Savar Wednesday afternoon.

The identities of the deceased-two men and a woman could not be known yet.

According to the fire service, the fire broke out at the Uniworld Footwear factory beside the Rupayan Mart building in the Jamgara area around 5.16 pm.

On information, six firefighting units rushed to the spot.

Later, four more units joined the extinguishing work.

Firefighters recovered three charred bodies from the spot, said Shahjahan Sikder, deputy assistant director (media cell) of the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters.

Fifteen injured people were sent to a hospital.