Dhaka: Three people, including a man and his son, sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out at a footwear factory at Tikatuli in the Dhaka city’s Bangshal early Saturday.

The victims were Salahuddin, his son Pantu and an employee of the shoe factory Nazim Uddin.

The injured were given first aid at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).  

Salahuddin received 14 percent burns while his son Pantu five percent.

Hospital sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at the factory, located on the first floor of the house no-14 in the area, and soon engulfed the entire factory, leaving the trio injured.

Later, locals doused the fire before fire fighters reached the spot.