6 of a family burnt in Agargaon gas line blast

Six members of a family have suffered burn injuries in a gas line explosion at a home in Dhaka’s Agargaon.

The injured have been identified as Md Jalil Mia, 50, Aneja Begum, 40, Asif Mia, 19, Sakib Mia, 16, Eva, 6, and Monira Akter, 17.

All of them were admitted to the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital around 7:45 am on Saturday, December 6.

One Arfan Mia, who took them to the hospital, said a fire erupted at House No. 204/F beside Paka Market Islamic Foundation from a gas line leak in the early hours of today.

Shaon Bin Rahman, a resident doctor at the burn institute, stated that they were performing dressings on the patients and said more details in this regard would be provided later.

Quazi Al Amin/MSU