Five members of a family, including children and a woman, suffered burn injuries in a gas line explosion near BSCIC area in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj district on early Thursday.
The injured 鈥� Manab Chowdhury, his wife Bacha, their daughters Tinni, Munni and Moure 鈥� were rescued and taken to the emergency unit of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said resident surgeon Shawon Bin Rahman.
Of them, Manab sustained the most severe injuries, with 70 per cent burns, while Bacha suffered 45 per cent.
Their children Mouri, Munni and Tinni suffered 36, 28 and 22 per cent burns respectively.
Details of the incident are still awaited.
