Ten Bangladeshi workers died of suffocation from heavy smoke as a fire broke out at their rented house in Bahrain early Sunday.
Muhammad Ibrahim, Bangladesh’s first secretary (labour) in Bahrain, confirmed the deaths.
All the victims are from Comilla, he added.
Of them, one is identified as Syed Ahmed, son of one Abdul Jalil of Sadar upazila in the district.
The fire originated from an electric short circuit at 4:00am at a house in Rifa, 30 kilometres off the capital Manama, where the victims used to live, Ibrahim said.All the 10 died on the spot as billowing smoke engulfed their residence, he added.iremen rushed to the scene after having information from the neighbours of the deceased.The firemen had to break the wall to enter their house, and by that time the workers died of suffocation, Ibrahim added.
There was little arrangement for ventilation in that house,” he said. Labour department has already checked the fingerprints of the deceased and found that they entered Bahrain legally.The bodies were kept at a local hospital in Rifa.
Muhammad Ibrahim, Bangladesh’s first secretary (labour) in Bahrain, confirmed the deaths.
All the victims are from Comilla, he added.
Of them, one is identified as Syed Ahmed, son of one Abdul Jalil of Sadar upazila in the district.
The fire originated from an electric short circuit at 4:00am at a house in Rifa, 30 kilometres off the capital Manama, where the victims used to live, Ibrahim said.All the 10 died on the spot as billowing smoke engulfed their residence, he added.iremen rushed to the scene after having information from the neighbours of the deceased.The firemen had to break the wall to enter their house, and by that time the workers died of suffocation, Ibrahim added.
There was little arrangement for ventilation in that house,” he said. Labour department has already checked the fingerprints of the deceased and found that they entered Bahrain legally.The bodies were kept at a local hospital in Rifa.
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