Four members of a family sustained severe burn injuries as a gas line leakage at a residence in Dhamrai, Dhaka.
The incident took place on the ground floor of a four-storied building in ward No. 2 of the area around 3:30 am on Wednesday.
The victims were rescued and admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute, Dhaka.
The injured are Nurul Islam Nannu Mia (55), his wife Sufia Begum (50), their daughter Nishrat Jahan Sathi (22), and their son Al Hadi Sohag (18).
Family sources said, when Sofia Begum entered the kitchen to prepare Sahri and lit up the gas stove, an explosion and fire broke out due to accumulated gas in the entire flat, leaving four people injured severly.
Later, locals rescued them and took them to the Dhamrai 50-bed Upazila Health Complex. Due to the critical condition, they were referred to the Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute in Dhaka.
Tariqul Islam, a resident physician at the national burn and plastic surgery institute, said Nurul Islam Nannu Mia sustained
burns covering 48 per cent of
his body, Sufiya Begum suffered burns over 80 per cent,
Nishrat Jahan Sathi suffered burns over 16 per cent, and Al Hadi Sohag had burns over 38 per cent of his body.
Three of them are in critical condition, while the fourth one is yet to be danger-free. They are all receiving treatment.