NARAYANGANJ, April 23, 2021 (BSS) – Eleven people of two families, including a child, sustained burn injuries in a gas explosion at Paschim Tolla area of Fatullah in Narayanganj early morning today.
The victims are Sonahar, Shanti, Samiul and his wife Monowara, Habibur, Aleya, Aleya’s mother, Limon, Sathi, Mim and his three-month-old son.
The gas explosion took place at around 6 am at the 3rd floor of a three-storey house located on the south side of the local Model Garments, police said.
Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defense deputy assistant director Abdullah Al Arefin said gas leaked from a stove at night and spread to other rooms, including the kitchen.
The gas pipeline exploded when a match or lighter was lit up in the stove for cooking in the morning, he added.
The owner of the house is Mofizul Islam, police said, adding that two walls of the house collapsed in the blast.
Five of the burn-victims were taken to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment.
The remaining six are receiving treatment at Narayanganj General (Victoria) Hospital.