10 people, including three Bangladeshi nationals, died in a fire at a residence in Mussafah industrial area in United States of Arab Emirates on Friday.

The incident also left 25 more people injured.

Earlier the Gulf News reported of 15 deaths in the incident, but later the newspaper corrected the number of casualty to 10.

According to the Gulf News, the house that was on fire in the morning accommodated workers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Syria and Iran.

Abu Dhabi police held the owner of the house and opened an investigation into the accident.

‘We have information about the death of at least three Bangladeshis,’ said Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain adding that the dead bodies are difficult to identify due to serious burns.