A rich tribute was paid to firefighter Shamim Ahmed by placing a floral wreath on his coffin. Photo: BSS

NETROKONA, Sept 24, 2025 (BSS) - Firefighter Shamim Ahmed laid to eternal rest at his village graveyard at Pizahati in Masaka union of Kendua upazila of the district this morning.

Earlier, the second Namaz-e-Janaza of Shamim was held at his village where a number of people including, politicians, firefighters, officials of different public and private organizations, took part.

At the beginning, Upazila Nirbahi Officer Emdadul Haque paid rich tribute to Shamim by placing floral wreath on his coffin. After that, a guard of honour was given by firefighters.

Firefighter Shamim Ahmed, who suffered burn injuries in a fire at a chemical warehouse in Tongi of Gazipur district, succumbed to his burn injuries around 3 pm at the NIBPS yesterday.

His first namaz-e-janaza was held at 7:30pm at the FSCD headquarters.

Shamim along with his three colleagues suffered burn injuries when an explosion occurred at a tin-shed chemical godown while they were dousing a flame that erupted in the warehouse at Sahara Market in Tongi, Gazipur, at around 3:29 pm on Monday, fire service sources said.

Seven firefighting engines brought the fire under control around 7:00 pm after about two hours of frantic efforts.

Firefighters Shamim (42) and Nurul Huda (40) suffered nearly 100 percent burn injuries, while Fire Officer Khondoker Jannatul Nayem (35) sustained 42 percent burn injuries, and firefighter Joy Hasan (24) received five percent burn injuries.