A four-year-old child who sustained severe burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion at Aftabnagar in Dhaka died at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Sunday, May 18.
Dr Shawon Bin Rahman, resident surgeon at the institute, said Tanzila, who sustained 66% burns, died at about 3:00pm today.
Besides, Tofazzal Hossain, 45, Munsura Begum, 35, and their two other children Mithila, 7, and Tanisha, 11, are undergoing treatment at the institute.
Tofazzal and four of his family members suffered burn wounds in a fire originated from accumulated gas of a gas cylinder in the kitchen of their house at Aftabnagar under Badda police station on Saturday, May 17.
Source: UNB