Four of a family burnt in N’ganj gas explosion

NARAYANGANJ, Dec 17 (UNB): Four members of a family sustained burn injuries in an explosion, reportedly from gas accumulated due to a leak in the line, at Khilmarket area in Fatullah of Narayanganj early Sunday.

The injured were identified as Sultan Miah, his wife Shahida Akhter, their sons Nabi Hossain and Ali Miah. All four are now undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.

Quoting locals, police said the members of the family went to their village home a few days back and returned to their flat on the third floor of a four-storey building in the Khilmarket area on Saturday night.

A fire broke out with a loud bang when one of the family members was about to light the stove in the kitchen around 1 am, leaving all four critically injured, they said.

Hearing their screams, the neighbors rushed to the flat and rescued them.