Two injured in Sylhet CNG pump fire sent to Dhaka

SYLHET, Jan 22 (UNB): Two of the five people who suffered burn injuries in a fire at Northeast CNG Refuelling Station in Sylhet's Pathantula have been sent to Dhaka as their condition deteriorated.

Injured Matiur Rahman (65) and Montaz (35) were sent to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, confirmed Dr MA Mannan head of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital's Burn and Plastic Surgery department.

An ambulance carrying them left Sylhet at around 2:30 pm on Monday, said Mannan.

About 35 per cent of both of their bodies were burned, as a result, they were referred to Dhaka before the situation worsened further, he added.

Earlier on Sunday, the fire occurred at Northeast CNG Refuelling Station at Pathantula in the city around 4:30 pm.