Eight people, including seven members of a family, suffered burn injuries in an explosion caused by a suspected gas line leakage at a tin-shed house in Agargaon recently.
the blast occurred at a government quarter on Paka Market Road.
the injured were taken to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
the victims are Md Abdul Jalil Mia, 50; his wife Arneeza Begum, 40; their sons Asif, 19, and Sakib, 16; Asif’s wife Monira, 17; their granddaughters Eva, 6, and Isha, 6; and neighbor Firozul Alam, 35. Dr Harunur Rashid, resident surgeon at DMCH, said Firozul suffered 21 percent burns, Jalil 12 percent, and Arneeza 10 percent.
others received burns on their hands and legs. Jalil’s son-in-law, Arfan Mia, said Arneeza went to the kitchen to cook early in the morning while others were asleep.
as she lit a match, a powerful explosion occurred, triggering a blaze and injuring all eight. Neighbors rushed in to rescue them.