A 65-year-old man was killed and seven others were injured after a fire broke out on the ground floor of a five-storey building in Dhaka鈥檚 Nazimuddin Road area on early Monday.
The deceased was identified as Amin Uddin.
The injured were taken to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The fire originated at about 4:10am, said Khairul Islam Rony of the Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters鈥� media cell.
Five firefighting units from Siddique Bazar Fire Station and Lalbagh doused the fire at at about 5:10am, he added.
