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FIRE-ASHULIA-DEATH
One victim of Ashulia gas line blast dies
DHAKA, Nov 3, 2018 (BSS) – One of the five members of a family, who
suffered critical burn injuries in a gas line explosion at Ashulia, on the
outskirts of the capital, on Friday morning, died at hospital early today.
Hasina Begum, 38, wife of another critically injured Arab Ali, 45,
succumbed to her injuries at the Burn and Plastic Surgery unit of Dhaka
Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) around 4.30am, said in-charge of DMCH
police camp Bachhu Mia.
The explosion has taken place in a flat housed on ground floor of a two-
storey building at Manikganjpara in Ashulia’s Narashinghapur around 7 on
Friday morning, officer-in-charge (OC) Rezaul Haque of Ashulia Police Station
told BSS.
The fire originated from leakage of gas pipe line and five of a family
suffered critical injuries, he said, adding that they have arrested the house
owner Abdul Hamid for taking illegal gas connection after giving bribe.
The victims, Arab Ali, 45, his wife Hasina Begum, 38, their son Abdur
Rouf,25, their son’s wife Ripa Begum,22, and their granddaughter Ayesha
Moni,2, have been admitted to the Burn and Plastic Surgery unit of Dhaka
Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), residential surgeon Partha Shankar Paul
of unit told BSS.
“None of the injured is out of danger,” he said. A case was filed against
the hose owner for taking illegal gas line with Ashulia Police Station in
this regard.
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