Two Bangladesh young men were burnt to death in a fire that broke out in a fume factory in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Kamrul Islam, 38, son of Abdul Malek, and Yasin Fakir, 39, son of Odud Mia, residents of different villages in Chauddagram upazila of Comilla.
Family sources said that Kamrul and Yasin used to work in a fume factory in Riyadh and stayed on the upper floor of the factory building.
On Saturday, they were working in the factory when a fire started from a short circuit, leaving the men dead on the spot, they added.
The bodies will be brought to Bangladesh on completion of the paper work of the country, said the nephew of one of the victims.
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