Staff Correspondent :
Five members of the same family, including child, were burned in a gas
cylinder explosion in Narayanganj.
The injured are the household head Manob Chowdhury (40), his wife
Bacha Chowdhury (38), and their three daughters Tinni (12), Munni (14)
and Mauri (6).
According to resident surgeon Dr. Shawon bin Rahman of the National
Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute, Manob suffered burns over 70% of
his body, his wife 45%, Tinni 22%, Munni 28% and Mauri 36%.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday, September 4,
2025, inside a ground-floor room of a three-story building on Lane No. 3
of the BSCIC industrial area in Kanchpur, Sonargaon. After the blast,
locals pulled the family out and rushed them to the hospital.
Neighbour Sabinoy Das, who helped take them to the hospital, said
Manob worked as a security guard for a pharmaceutical company. The
family rented the ground-floor room, which contained both the kitchen
and the bathroom. In the early morning a sudden, loud explosion
engulfed them in flames. “I quickly arranged a vehicle and brought them
to the hospital,” he said.
He added that none of them were in good condition and doctors were
asking for blood donations. “I’m running around to find donors,” he
said.
Senior Station Officer Jahangir of the Narayanganj Fire Service and
Civil Defence’s Kanchpur station said a cooking stove was inside the
room and a gas cylinder was found there. No other gas connection to the
stove was discovered. Because the room was on the ground floor, the
family likely kept doors and windows closed at night out of fear of theft,
allowing leaked gas from the cylinder to accumulate like in a chamber.
The leak then found a source of ignition in the morning, causing the
explosion.
It is worth noting that low-quality and defective cylinders are increasing
gas accidents in the industrial areas of Narayanganj. Alongside loss of
life and property, the number of people suffering severe burns is rising.
Despite the steady stream of tragic incidents, people remain careless in
their use of gas cylinders.
