DHAKA: A person was killed due to suffocation and three others were injured in a fire incident at a readymade garment unit in capital’s Kamrangirchar Kurer Ghat area on Thursday morning.

The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. 

Sources said that the fire originated around 7:00am, leaving a person dead on the spot and three others injured. 

But the cause of fire origination could not be known immediately.

Fire Service Headquarter operator Jiban Mia said that two fire fighting units from Lalbagh rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control. 

Kamrangirchar Thana Sub-Inspector Raihan Ahmed confirmed the matter to banglanews.

BDST: 0918 HRS, JUL 10, 2014