Staff Reporter :
Another person, who was burnt in a fire caused by a gas cylinder explosion in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery on Wednesday morning (March 20), raising the death toll from the incident to 14.
Kamala Khatun, 65, breathed her last while undergoing treatment at the hospital at 4:25am on Wednesday.
Dr Tarikul Islam, residential doctor of the institute, confirmed the matter to the media and said that the burnt injured Kamala sustained 60 percent burns.
Fourteen people in the explosion, including Kamala’s grandson-in-law Lalon, are receiving treatment, there, he said.
Earlier, at least 36 people, including women and children, sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in Kaliakair of Gazipur on Wednesday (March 13).
At least 35 people, including women and children, sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in Kaliakoir on 13 March.
One patient was admitted with 100 per cent burns while three were hospitalised with 95 per cent burns, and 16 were hospitalised with over 50 per cent 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 Kaliakoir that evening.
When residents of the house threw the cylinder out on the road, the explosion occurred.
