A teenage shop worker was burned to death as a fire broke out at Kongso Bazar of Burichang upazila of Comilla on early Friday.

The deceased is Nazmul Hasan Khokon, 14, worker of a cloth shop owned by Morshed Alam, reports UNB.

Md Yahia, assistant director of Comilla Fire Service and Civil Defence, said that the fire broke out at the bazar around 1am.

On information, three firefighting units from Comilla, Chandina and Muradnagar rushed to the spot and doused the fire after four hours of frantic efforts.

Later, they recovered the charred body of Khokon from the shop.