Nine members of a family were injured in a fire that broke out due to a gas pipeline leak at a tin-shed semi-pucca house at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj early Saturday.
The victims, two sisters, their husbands and their children, are now undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.
The injured are Asma Begum, 35, her husband Tanzil Islam, 40, their daughter Trisha Akter, 17, son Arafat, 15, Asma鈥檚 sister Salma Begum, 32, her husband MD Hasan, 35, and their children Imam Uddin (one-month), Jannat, 4, and Muntaha, 11.
Tanzil and Hasan work as day labourers.
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, who took the injured to the hospital, said that the fire, apparently caused by a gas pipeline leak, broke out at about 3:30am.
鈥楾he fire spread very quickly. All of the family members were rescued and later taken to the hospital,鈥� he said.
National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery鈥檚 resident surgeon in-charge Sultan Mahmud Shikdar said that the nine injured individuals were brought to the hospital at about 5:00am from Narayanganj.
鈥楳any of them are in critical condition. They were kept on constant observation,鈥� he added.
