Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – Ten Bangladeshi workers died from smoke inhalation as a fire broke out at their rented house in Bahrain early Sunday.
Muhammad Ibrahim, first secretary (labour) at the Bangladesh mission in Bahrain, confirmed the report, saying that nine of the workers were from Comilla and the other from Chandpur.
The fire originated from an electric short circuit around 4:00am at the house in East Riffa, 30 kilometers off the Bahrain capital Manama, Mr Ibrahim added.
Firemen rushed to the scene after a tip-off from neighbours and found all the 10 dead; the residence was engulfed in smoke, he told The Daily Star, a local newspaper, over phone from Manama.
Nine of the deceased were identified as Mohammad Hanif (60) of Kalonia Moger village, his brother-in-law Mohammad Suleman (42) of Jashpur village, and son-in-law Monir Hossain (30) of Jamia village, Nurul Islam (45) of Monipur village, Anwar Hossain (40) of Uttarda village, Siddiqur Rahman (35) of Buschi village and Abu Taher (38) of Susanda village in Sadar South upazila of Comilla, Abul Hossain (35) of Chouddagram upazila, and Syed Ahmed (40) of Hajiganj Upazila of Chandpur district.
The name of another worker, who was from Hajiganj under Chandpur, could not be known.
BBN/SSR/AD-28May12-9:05 am (BST)
