3 injured in int’l school fire
Three people suffered severe burn injuries in a fire inside the substation of an English-medium school in the city's Bashundhara Residential Area yesterday morning.
Authorities of International School Dhaka (ISD) rushed the injured electrical engineer Masudur Rahman and electricians, Jahangir Alam and Mahiuddin, to Apollo Hospitals. They were later shifted to City Hospital.
The fire originated from a spark in a switchboard around 8:30am as the victims were handling it while the power was switched on, said Syed M Babar, the school's business manager.
The fire was put out before firefighters reached the spot, he added.
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