Dhaka: Two brothers were burned to death and their father was injured as a fire broke out at a tin-shed house in Matuail Council road area early Saturday.

The deceased were identified as Palash, 12 and Tushar, 7, sons of Iqbal Hossain, reports the UNB.

Mizanur Rahman, duty-officer of fire service and civil defence headquarters, said that the fire originated from a mosquito coil in their house around 2:44am.

On information, two fire-fighting units rushed in and doused the fire around 3:45am.

Later, they recovered the charred bodies of the two siblings from their room and rescued their injured father.

The injured was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital Burn Unit.