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Three people have sustained burn injuries in an explosion reportedly triggered by gas leakage at a house in Feni Sadar upazila.
The injured were identified as Md Rafiqul Islam, 40, Abul Kashem, 55, and Jesmin Akhter, 30.
All three victims were taken to the Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, according to a UNB report.
Professor Dr Bidhan Sarkar, chief of the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit at DMCH, said, “The three burn victims were brought from Feni following an explosion.”
Rafiqul sustained 22 per cent burns, Kashem 20 per cent, and Jesmin 13 per cent.
All of them have also suffered respiratory burns, he said.
Quoting family members, Dr Sarkar added that the explosion occurred due to gas leakage at their residence in Feni.
Police are investigating the incident.