DHAKA:  Two workers sustained burn injuries as a devastating fire broke out at a shoe factory in city’s Kamrangir char area early Thursday. 

The burn victims are Sohel, 20 and Sagor, 21.

The fire originated from candle while worker were making shoes at 1:30am and soon spread to chemicals stored in the factory.

Later, locals and workers, in a joint effort, doused the fire and rescued two injured.

Immediate after the incident, co-workers admitted the injured to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

Quoting physicians, DMCH police outpost assistant sub-inspector Sentu Chandra Das told banglanews that Sohel sustained 35 percent burns while Sagor received 23 percent burns.

BDST: 1403 HRS, JULY 09, 2015
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