Nine members of a family sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out at a house apparently from gas pipeline leak at Hirajhul village in Siddhirganj area of Narayanganj in the early hours of Saturday, August 23.
The victims were identified as Tanjil Islam, 40, a day labourer, his wife Asma Begum, 35, their two children Trisha Akter, 17 and Arafat, 15, Salma Begum, 32, sister of Asma and her husband Hasan, 35, a day labourer and their three children Imam Uddin (one-month), Jannat, 4 and Muntaha, 11.
Quoting Rakibul, a family member of the victims, Dr Sultan Mahmud Sikdar, resident surgeon at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, said the fire broke out around 3:00am, leaving them injured.
Among them, 44 per cent of Hasan's body was burnt, Jannat's 40 per cent, Muntaha's 37 per cent, Salma's 48 per cent, Imam Uddin's 30 per cent, Arafat's 15 per cent, Trisha Akter's 53 per cent, Asma's, and 48 per cent, while Tanjil was given first aid, said Dr Sultan.
Source: UNB