At least six people were killed in a fire that broke out at a residential building in Uttara early today, confirmed police.

Uttara West Police Station Officer-in-Charge Rafiq Ahmed told The Daily Star that the bodies are at different hospitals.

The deceased included Fazle Rabbi, 37, his wife Afroza Akter, and their son Kazi Faiaz Rishan, 2; Hares, 52, and his son Rahab, 17. The other deceased is yet to be identified.

The blaze started around 7:50am on the first floor of a seven-storey building at Sector 11, Road 18, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence control room.

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Two units from Uttara Fire Station arrived at the scene at 7:58am and began efforts to control the flames.

Firefighters brought the fire under control at 8:25am.

The fire was fully extinguished around 10:00am, said Talha Bin Zasim, an official of the Fire Service Media Wing.

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Thirteen people were rescued and taken to Kuwait Maitri Hospital, where three were declared dead, he added.

Mahmuda Aktar, a resident of the adjacent building, told The Daily Star that she heard people shouting “fire, fire” in the morning and saw flames on the first floor.

“Several people, including a woman, were screaming for help from inside,” she said.

Later, she informed the fire service.

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The cause of the fire could not be determined immediately.

Fire service officials said further details would be available after an assessment.