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A 38-year-old woman who suffered burn injuries in an explosion from accumulated gas near BSCIC area in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital early Monday.

The deceased is Bacha Chowdhury, daughter of Nani Gopal Majumdar of Sunamganj district.


Bacha, who received 45 per cent burn injuries and was undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, died from her injuries at around 1:45am, said resident surgeon Shawon Bin Rahman of the hospital.

With the death of Bacha, the death toll from the incident climbed to two.

Earlier, Manab Chowdhury, husband of Bacha, died at the hospital on Sunday.

Three daughters of the couple鈥擳inni, 12, with 22 per cent burn injuries, Munni, 14 with 28 per cent burn injuries and Mouri, 6, with 36 per cent burn injuries, were undergoing treatment at the hospital.

On Thursday, five members of the family suffered burn injuries in the blast.