One dies, seven injured in city gas leak fire

A man died and seven people, including four women and a minor boy, sustained injuries as a fire broke out in a flat at Beparipara in the city's Uttarkhan area early on Saturday, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Azizul, 30, while the injured were Dablur, 33, Anjum, 33, Abdullah, 5, Urmi, 16, Purnima, 30, Sufia, 60, Sagor, 12, hailing from Bhangura in Pabna district.

They were living in a ground-floor flat of a two-storey building, said sub-inspector Bachchu Miah of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost. Most of the victims are garment workers and one of them is a rickshawpuller.

Shafiqul Islam, a senior station officer of  Fire Service and Civil Defence in Uttara, said the fire broke out in their flat on the ground floor around 4.00am as there was a leak in their gas pipeline.

On information, three units of the fire service rushed in and doused the fire.

Later, the firefighting team rescued the injured, including the four women and the minor boy, from the flat and took them to the DMCH.

Among the injured, Azizul died around 10:30am.