5 of a family suffer burn injuries in Badda gas cylinder blast

Five members of a family including three children suffered burn injuries in a fire triggered by gas cylinder explosion at their house at Aftabnagar in Badda of the capital.

The incident took place on the basement of the three-storey building in Aftabnagar around 11:30 pm on Friday (May 16).

The injured are Tofazzal Hossain, 45, his wife Munsura Begum, 45, and their three children—Tanzila, 11, Mithila, 7, and Tanisha, 4.

Dr Shaown Bin Rahman, resident surgeon of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, confirmed the incident.

Dr Shaown said Tofazzal was admitted to the burn institute with 80% burns, Munsura with 67% burns, Tanzila with 66% burns, Mithila with 60% burns and Tanisha with 30% burns.

The condition of all is critical, he added.

Quoting the victims, Dr Shaown said gas was leaking in the kitchen of their house and the gas cylinder exploded as soon as the stove was lit for cooking at night.