Firefighter dies after being hit by truck while battling Secretariat fire
Staff Correspondent
A firefighter died after being hit by a truck while working to douse a fire at the Secretariat in Dhaka early Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Sohanur Zaman Nayan, a firefighter from the special team of Tejgaon Fire Station.
Another firefighter, Habibur Rahman, sustained injuries in his leg while working to extinguish the fire.
At a press conference this morning, Fire Service and Civil Defence Director General Brigadier General Muhammad Zahed Kamal shared the details.
He said that Nayan was crossing the road to connect a water pipe to a pump and when a speeding truck hit him from behind.
The injured firefighter was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
