Dhaka, March 19 -- The Fire Service says two people have fallen ill and died of smoke inhalation due to a fire at the 12-storey Orchid Plaza in Chattogram's Terry Bazar as the smoke was unable to escape.

The fire started at 10am on Thursday in a store on the fourth floor of the building.

Firefighters rescued three people and sent them to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) for smoke inhalation treatment.

Around 11:45am, two of them died, according to Sub-Inspector Nurul Alam Ashek of the CMCH Police Outpost.

The dead have been identified as Mohammad Yunus, 52, and Solaiman, 28. Both of them hailed from Chattogram's Patiya.

Md Jashim Uddin, deputy director of the Fire Service's Chattogram Division, came to inspect the scene aro...