Seven folks, including three children, suffered burns following a gas explosion at a tin-shed dwelling in Dhaka’s Mirpur-11 early this morning (24 November).
The injured hang been admitted to the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgical operation.
The victims embody Abdul Khalil, 40, who sustained burns on 95% of his physique, his vital other Ruma Akter, 32, and their three children — Hafiz Abdullah, 13, Mohammad, 10, and Ismail, 4 — as neatly as their neighbours Mohammad Shahjahan, 35, and his vital other Swapna Akter Parvin, 25.
The explosion happened around 4:30am at a web page in the C block of Mirpur-11.
“One person with 95% burns has a slim chance of survival. Among the others, four suffered burns exceeding 20%, and three of them hang trachea burns, which makes their situation important,” acknowledged Dr Shaon Bin Rahman, a resident doctor on the burn institute.
Relations suspect a gas leak in the kitchen triggered the explosion.
“There used to be most likely a leak in the pipeline. The gas accrued in a single day, and when someone lit the stove early in the morning, it triggered the explosion,” acknowledged a relative of the victims.
Neighbours Shahjahan and Swapna, who sustained 6% and 14% burns respectively, hang been also at some point of the adjacent dwelling on the time of the explosion.
“We awoke to the sound of a blast and realised our bodies hang been on fire. We fled straight,” Shahjahan recounted.
Officers and locals hang reported that the same gas pipeline in front of the dwelling had caught fire two days earlier, nonetheless the flames hang been extinguished with out further motion being taken.
Authorities hang but to insist the categorical motive for the explosion, nonetheless preliminary investigations expose a pipeline leak.
