Two more Gazipur gas cylinder fire victims die

Two more victims have succumbed to injuries suffered in a fire ignited by a gas leak from a defective cylinder in Gazipur's Kaliakair, bringing the death toll to five, reports bdnews24.com.

Ariful Islam (38) and Mahidul Khan (25) died while receiving treatment at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the city on Sunday morning.

Ariful suffered burns on 70 per cent of his body, while 95 per cent of Mahidul's body was burnt, said Partha Shankar Pal, a resident physician at the burn institute.