Colleagues recall how firefighter Shoyanur was killed in line of duty
Shoyanur, 24, was crossing the street with a water hose on his shoulder. But a truck ran him over, said a colleague of Shoyanur, requesting anonymity
While 19 firefighting teams were frantically trying to bring the fire at the Secretariat under control early today (26 December), Shoyanur Jaman Noyon was also doing his part.
Shoyanur, 24, was crossing the street with a water hose on his shoulder. But a truck ran him over, said a colleague of Shoyanur, requesting anonymity.
He blames police for his death, saying the surrounding streets are supposed to be closed when a fire incident happens, but police failed to close the streets in front of the Secretariat, resulting in the demise of the firefighter.
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"I just lost a colleague right before my eyes. Shoyanur was trying to connect a water hose from a nearby water pump opposite the Secretariat," another firefighter named Shahidul Sumon told The Business Standard.
"He was found lying on the street after being run over by a truck while crossing the road."
Earlier, a fire gutted several floors of Building 7 of the Secretariat in the wee hours of Thursday.
"The first report about the fire breaking out in the secretariat came at 1:52am. Several firefighting units reached the scene and started fighting the flames at 1:54am," Fire Service and Civil Defence Media Cell Officer Talha Bin Jasim told The Business Standard at 3:45am.
As the fire's intensity grew, at least 19 units were dispatched there. The firefighters brought the flames under control at around 8:05am, Talha said later.
When asked about the matter, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Ramna Zone Obaidur Rahman declined to comment.
Talking to reporters outside the Secretariat in the morning, Fire Service Director General (DG) Brig Gen Muhammad Jahed Kamal confirmed that a firefighter from Tejgaon fire station was killed in the line of duty when he was run over by a truck on the road in front of the Osmani Memorial Auditorium located on the opposite side of the secretariat.
Shoyanur was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where on-duty doctors declared him dead on arrival. His body has been kept at the mortuary.
His namaz-e-janaza will be held at the Fire Service headquarters near the Bangabazar intersection after the Zuhr prayers.
A member of the 61st batch, Shoyanur had joined Fire Service on 2 October 2020. He hails from Atpania village in Rangpur's Mithapukur upazila.
Although his primary work station was Sylhet's Bishwanath fire station, he was attached to Tejgaon fire station.
Being the only son of his parents, Shoyanur had an elder sister.
