Gas Leak: Infant, four others burnt badly in Savar
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a burn victim, a woman attends to her injured daughter as a neighbour
of the family helps the baby sit in her bed at the burn unit of Dhaka
Medical College Hospital. Five people, including the mother and the
child, suffered burns in an explosion believed to have been caused by a
gas line leak in Ashulia on Friday. Photo: Prabir Das
Five members of a family, including an infant, were seriously burned in a fire caused by leaky gas lines at their flat in Ashulia area of Savar yesterday.
The gas connection to the two-storey building was unauthorised, its owner Abdul Hamid told investigators.
The victims are Arab Ali, 60, his wife Hasina, 50, their son Abdullah, 35, his wife Ripa, 20, and their one and a half year old daughter Ayesha.
Four of the victims are in critical condition with between 32 and 96 percent deep burns, said Partha Shankar Paul, resident surgeon of burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
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