At least 10 people suffered burn injuries after an air conditioner exploded at a salon in Alu Bazar area of Bangshal in the capital early Wednesday.
The injured were taken to the Emergency Department of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery around 1:30 am.
The injured were salon employees Shamsed, 30, Raju, 34, Pappu, 26, Arman, 37, and Shakib, 17, and customers Faruk, 35, Rinku, 30, Rony, 36, Jasim, 40, and Rafik, 25.
Burn Institute's resident physician Dr Shawon Bin Rahman said all 10 victims were brought to the hospital with burn injuries.
Faruk sustained 50 per cent burns, Rinku 21 per cent, Raju 18 per cent, Pappu 18 per cent, Shamsed 15 per cent, Arman 15 per cent, Rafik 12 per cent, Rony 10 per cent, Jasim 8 per cent and Shakib 1 per cent, he said.
Of the injured, nine were admitted to the institute while Shakib was kept under observation in the emergency department as his injuries were minor, Dr Shawon said.
