Gazipur gas cylinder blast: Another dies

Another victim, who was severely burnt in a kitchen fire sparked by a gas cylinder explosion in the Joydebpur area of Gazipur, has passed away, taking the death toll in the incident to two.

The victim, Taslima Akter, 30, breathed her last while undergoing treatment at National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka on early Tuesday.

Taslima had suffered burns across 95 per cent of her body, said Dr. Shaon Bin Rahman, resident surgeon of the National Burn Unit.

Earlier, on Monday, another 30-year-old woman, identified by a single name as Sima, died after suffering burns on 90 per cent of her body.

The fire broke out on Sunday in the kitchen of a rented house in the Mogorkhal area under Gazipur’s Basan Police Station after a gas cylinder leak. Five people, including two children, suffered serious burn injuries.

All of them were subsequently rushed to the national burn institute in Dhaka.

Among them, 35-year-old Parveen, her one and a half-year-old son Ayaan, and 10-year-old Tanzila are still undergoing treatment.

Parveen was admitted to the hospital with 32% burns, Tanjila with 90% burns, and Ayaan with 28% burns, according to the physician.