The death toll from the gas cylinder blast in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila went up to six, as another burn victim died this evening,
The deceased RMG garment worker, Nargis Khatun, 22, who was declared dead around 6:50 pm on Sunday, lost her husband, Mahidul Khan, earlier in the morning.
Mahidul Khan, 25, son Sabed Khan of Sirajganj’s Shahjadpur upazila, and Ariful Islam, 38, son of Abdul Razzak of Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila, was declared dead in the morning.
Dr Partha Shankar Pal, resident physician at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, the two men succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment at the institute around 6:45 am.
Nargis suffered 90 percent burns, Ariful 70 percent while Mahidul suffered 95 percent burns, informed the physician.
They were RMG workers, and used to live with their families in the area.
Earlier on Saturday night, three-year-old Taieyba, daughter of Sajal of Mymensingh’s Fulbaria upazila, died while undergoing treatment at the Burn Institute. She had 80 percent burns.
Her seven-year-old brother Tawhid is also being treated at the hospital.
Last Friday morning, 45-year-old RMG worker Md Solaiman Mollah, a resident of Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj, died while receiving treatment at the Burn Institute with 95 percent burns.
At least 35 people, including women and children, sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in Kaliakair on Wednesday evening.
One patient was admitted with 100 percent burns while three were hospitalised with 95 percent burns, and 16 were hospitalised with over 50 percent burns, according to sources at the hospital.
Locals said a fire broke out from a gas cylinder at a house in Telir Chala area of Mouchak in Kaliakair around 6 pm on Wednesday. When the residents of the house threw it out on the road, the explosion occurred.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
