The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

At least three persons, including two children, were roasted alive and several hundreds of shanties were gutted when a devastating fire broke out last night at a slum in Rayerbazar under Mohammadpur thana.

Fire Services sources said the fire caught the slum at around 9 pm and firefighters from their several units fought for more than one and half an hour to put the blaze off.

The firefighters so far recovered three bodies. They also rescued several others who received serious burn injuries.

The cause of the fire could not be known till filing the report.

Police and Fire Services officials said their rescue operation was on.