Nine members of a family sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out at a house apparently from gas pipeline leak at village Hirajhul in Siddhirganj area of Narayanganj on early Saturday.
The victims were identified as Tanjil Islam, 40, a day labourer, his wife Asma Begum, 35, their two children 鈥� Trisha Akter, 17 and Arafat, 15, Salma Begum, 32, sister of Asma and her husband Hasan, 35, a day labourer and their three children 鈥� Imam Uddin (one-month), Jannat, 4, and Muntaha, 11.
Quoting Rakibul, a family member of the victims, Sultan Mahmud Shikdar, resident surgeon of National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery, said that the fire broke out at the semi-pucca house at about 3:00am, leaving them injured.
Among them, Hasan received 44 per cent burn injuries, Jannat 40 per cent, Muntaha, 37 per cent, Salma 48 per cent, Imam Uddin, 30 per cent, Arafat 15 per cent, Trisha Akter, 53 per cent, Asma, 48 per cent, while Tanjil was given first aid, said Sultan.