Six members of a family suffered critical burn injuries in an explosion in the gas pipeline of their house in the Jinjira area of Keraniganj early Tuesday, reports UNB.
The injured were identified as Begum, 60, Iduni Begum, 50, Sonia Akter, 26, Md Sahadat Hossain, 20, Maria Akter, 8, and Md Yasin, 12.
Mamun Ur Rashid, Officer-in-Charge of Keraniganj Model Police Station said the explosion occurred around 4:30am in the family house in Jinjira's Mandail area.
The injured were rushed to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery under Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).
“The condition of the injured in is critical,” said Bacchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
