Child killed, 3 hurt in city fire
A view of the devastation due to gas line explosion in a house at Bangshal, Dhaka on Thursday that claimed life of a child, while parents and another child admitted to Sheikh Hasina Burn Unit.
UNB, Dhaka :
A two-year-old boy was killed while three others sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a house in city’s Bongshal area on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Moinur, 2, son of Mohammad Jabed. Mohammad Jabed, 35, his wife Sheuli Akter, 25 and their daughter Jannat, 4, sustained burn injuries.
Lima Akter, duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence Control room, said the fire broke out on the ground floor of a two-storey building at Kasaituli around 8:15 am, leaving four members of the family injured.
Inspector Bachhu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and
Hospital police camp, said the injured were taken to the hospital in the morning where doctors declared the minor boy dead.
Dr Partha Shankar Pal, resident medical officer of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, said Jannat received60 percent burn injury while Sheuli 17 percent and Jabed 37 percent.
Fire service sources said the fire might have originated from gas leak.
A two-year-old boy was killed while three others sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a house in city’s Bongshal area on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Moinur, 2, son of Mohammad Jabed. Mohammad Jabed, 35, his wife Sheuli Akter, 25 and their daughter Jannat, 4, sustained burn injuries.
Lima Akter, duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence Control room, said the fire broke out on the ground floor of a two-storey building at Kasaituli around 8:15 am, leaving four members of the family injured.
Inspector Bachhu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and
Hospital police camp, said the injured were taken to the hospital in the morning where doctors declared the minor boy dead.
Dr Partha Shankar Pal, resident medical officer of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, said Jannat received60 percent burn injury while Sheuli 17 percent and Jabed 37 percent.
Fire service sources said the fire might have originated from gas leak.
