Three people, including two businessmen, were killed and 15 shops burnt in a fire originated form a gas cylinder explosion in a fuel shop in Hatiya Upazila of Noakhali on Monday night.

The deceased were identified as oil trader Mohibul Hasan Nipu, 35, Khaled Mahmud, 40, and Rahmatullah, 36, a salesman at Nipu’s shop.

Confirming the news, Hatiya Police Station chief Abul Khair said that the fire broke out at Nipu’s shop in Chairman Ghat around 10 pm on Monday.

Nipu and Rahmatullah were burnt to death inside the shop, while Khaled was taken initially to Noakhali General Hospital before being shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. He passed away in hospital care at 6 am on Tuesday.

Three units of the Fire Service and Civil Defence from Maijdi and Subornochar brought the fire under control at 12 am on Tuesday.

The bodies were sent to Noakhali General Hospital morgue for autopsy, said SI Abdul Halim of Chairman Ghat Police Outpost.