Gas leak fire burns three of a family at Ashulia

Three members of a family sustained burn injuries as a fire erupted due to gas leak from a pipeline in the Bhadail area of Ashulia early on Sunday reports UNB.

The injured were identified as Alamgir, 40, his wife Afroza Khatun, 30, and their son Alamin, 12, hailing from Sherpur upazila in Bogura district.

Alamgir, a supervisor of Actor Garments, and wife Afroza, operator of Ria Garments, used to live in the rented ground floor flat of a three-storey building.

The fire broke out, when Afroza went to the kitchen for lighting the stove fire around 5:00am, said Abdul Awal, officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station.

Later, the fire engulfed the entire flat. Afroza received 70 per cent burn injury while their son Alamin suffered 60 per cent burn, said Dr Rezaul Haque, head of ICU of Enam Medical College Hospital.