Seven Bangladeshi have died in a fire at a sofa factory in Medina, Saudi Arabia

News Desk: Six Bangladeshi workers, including two brothers, have died in a fire at a sofa factory in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The fire broke out at midnight local time on Wednesday.

The embassy confirmed that all the victims were from Chittagong and Cox's Bazar. The death of a Bangladeshi worker happened again in Saudi Arabia. On the other hand, the work and money crisis in the epidemic, on the other hand, the shadow of mourning has descended on the Bengali community. Bangladeshi workers have died in a fire at a sofa factory in the Medina Al-Khalil area near Mount Uhud in the country's holy city of Medina. All the victims are from Chittagong and Cox's Bazar districts. It is learned that the fire broke out on Wednesday (February 11) morning Bangladesh time.

It was 2 pm Saudi time. The Bangladesh embassy confirmed the matter on Wednesday night. Initially, the identities of a few people have been known. The embassy is working to confirm the identities of the others. The dead included three from Teknaf in Cox's Bazar district, three from Lohagara police station in Chittagong South district and one from Ramu.

Two of them have been identified. They are two brothers of Lohagara Sadar Union Ward 9 South Dakshin Sukhchhari Shambir Para in South Chittagong. Elder brother Nizam and younger brother Arafat. The names of the others have not been confirmed yet. A legal assistant at the Jeddah consulate in Medina said several others had been injured. Bangladeshis have died in workplace fires in Saudi Arabia before. Four years ago, four Bangladeshi workers were killed in a fire at a sofa factory in Riyadh's Haraj bin Kashem Manfuha district. Earlier, six people, including four Bangladeshi nationals, were killed in a fire at a sofa factory in the Dalla Sanaiya area of ​​Dammam.