Three people burnt in gas fire at Gazipur’s Gacha

Three people have suffered burn injuries in a gas cylinder fire in Gazipur’s Gacha.

Doctors at the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute said two of the victims are in critical condition, reports bdnews24.com.

The injured have been identified as Biman Sarkar, Aarti Rani, and Dipankar Sarkar.

They were brought to the burn institute in Dhaka around 2:30pm on Monday.

Shaon Bin Rahman, resident surgeon at the institute’s emergency unit, said the fire was caused by a gas cylinder leak while cooking.

“Biman Sarkar has burns on 95 percent of his body, Aarti Rani has 97 percent, and Dipankar Sarkar has one percent of his body burned. Biman and Aarti’s conditions are critical,” he said.

Dipankar, Aarti’s son, was burned while trying to save his mother.

Dipankar’s wife, Sathi Sarkar, said her mother-in-law had been cooking in the kitchen using a woodfire stove alongside a gas cylinder.

“That cylinder wasn’t ours. Around noon, my mother-in-law was using the woodfire stove when the fire broke out.”

“Biman lives next door. Both he and my mother-in-law were caught in the flames. My husband rushed in to help but was also burned,” she added.

On Sunday, three members of the same family were injured in another gas fire in Gazipur’s Mirer Bazar.

In that incident, a four-month-old baby named Raihan died.

The child’s father, Ripon, sustained burns on 80 percent of his body, and his mother, Hafiza, suffered 70 percent burns. They are also being treated at the burn institute.