Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Two Bangladeshi workers were among the 13 burnt to death in the Bahraini capital Manama on Friday as a fire raged through a three-storey building used as a bachelor's camp, an official said in Dhaka on Saturday.
Three more Bangladeshi workers also sustained injuries in the fire, said Shameem Ahsan, director general of external publicity wing of the foreign ministry, quoting Bangladesh mission in Bahrain.
The deceased were identified as Nazir Ahmed, son of Sakir Ahmed; and Jasim, son of Abu Naser Mia, of Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbaria.
"Our ambassador and two senior officers are all on the spot and at the mortuary," Shameem said, according to the Daily Star report.
Bangladesh Embassy in Bahrain identified the deceased from their identity cards, embassy sources said.
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