DHAKA: Two workers received burn injuries when a fire broke out in a shoe factory at Siddique Bazar in city’s Bangshal area on Wednesday.

Kibria Rokon, younger brother of ‘Mahi Shoe’ factory owner Suman, said the fire might have originated from an electric short-circuit at the factory while Sagar, 18 and Rajib, 16, were working in the afternoon.

Sagar and Rajib sustained burn injuries as the fire spread immediately.

Later, the injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.

BDST: 2019 HRS, JAN 28, 2015