Sheikh Hasina National Burn & Plastic Surgery Institute. Photo : Messenger
The death toll from the gas cylinder blast in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila went up to five as two more burn victim died while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital on Sunday (17 March) morning.
The deceased were identified as Ariful Islam (35) and Mohidul (24).
Earlier on Friday morning, 45-year-old RMG worker Md Solaiman Mollah, a resident of Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj, died while receiving treatment at the Burn Institute with 95 percent burns. And on Saturday Taieyba (3) daughter of three wheeler driver Sajal died.
At least 35 people, including women and children, sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in Kaliakair on Wednesday evening.
One patient was admitted with 100 percent burns while three were hospitalised with 95 percent burns, and 16 were hospitalised with over 50 percent burns, according to sources at the hospital.
Locals said a fire broke out from a gas cylinder at a house in Telir Chala area of Mouchak in Kaliakair around 6 pm on Wednesday. When the residents of the house threw it out on the road, the explosion occurred.
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