A total of nine members of a family suffered burn injuries when a fire, apparently caused by a gas pipeline leak, broke out at a house in Hirajhul village of Siddhirganj, Narayanganj, in the early hours of Saturday.
The victims were identified as Tanjil Islam, 40, his wife Asma Begum, 35, their two children—Trisha Akter, 17 and Arafat, 15; Asma's sister Salma Begum, 32, and her husband Hasan, 35, and their three children—Imam Uddin (one-month), Jannat, 4 and Muntaha, 11.
Quoting Rakibul, a family member of the victims, Dr Sultan Mahmud Shikdar, resident surgeon of National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery, said the fire broke out at the semi-pucca house around 3am, leaving them injured.
Among them, Hasan received 44% burn injured, Jannat 40 %, Muntaha, 37%, Salma 48%, Imam Uddin, 30%, Arafat 15 %, Trisha Akter, 53 %, Asma, 48 % while Tanjil was given first aid, said Dr Sultan.
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