Wari gas line blast victim dies at DMCH

UNB, Dhaka :A man who along with his wife and daughter sustained burn injuries in a fire from gas line blast at their house at Tipu Sultan Road in the city’s Wari area early Friday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Alamgir Hossain,55.Alamgir, who was undergoing treatment at the DMCH burn unit with 95 per cent burn injures, succumbed to the injuries at about 2:00am, said Qader, assistant sub-inspector of DMC police camp.Earlier, Alamgir and his wife Hosne Ara Begum, 40, and daughter Sharmin, 21,sustained severe burn injuries in the fire that broke out due to blast of the gas pipeline at their house in the area early Friday.The trio sustained burn injures when the gas pipeline went off with a big bang at their Tipu Sultan Road residence around 12 am.They were rushed to the burn and plastic surgery unit of DMCH.Hosne Ara suffered burns to 45 per cent of her body while Sharmin sustained burns to 30 per cent of her body.