AFP, Luxembourg: Two children were among seven people who suffered burn injuries in a fire at the sweeper colony near the Joy Kali Temple in Dhaka's Wari area early today.
They are Raju Bosak, 36, Kanta Rani, 60, Geeta Rani De, 65, Afjal Hossain, 52, Shanti Rani, 27, Krishna, 7, and Laxman, 3.
They were rushed to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery and the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital with up to 10 percent burns on their bodies, sources at the hospitals said.
At least 40 rooms were burnt down after the fire broke out at the colony near Joy Kali Temple at 3:15am.
Seven firefighting units doused the blaze around 6:45am, said Rakibul Hasan, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence control room.
The cause of the fire could not be known immediately.
