Three of the four people burned when a gas line booster compressor exploded in Kanchpur, Sonargaon, Narayanganj, have died.
After four days in the intensive care unit of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Riaz, the brother-in-law of the head of the household, died at 2am on Wednesday night (14 October), and the householder, Sharif Hossain, 34, and his wife, Rozina Akter, 30, died early on Thursday (15 October).
Dr Sultan Mahmud Shikder, resident surgeon at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, confirmed their deaths.
He said Rozina had burns to 60 percent of her body, and Sharif and Riaz to 40 percent each. They were admitted to hospital with severe burns and died under treatment on Wednesday night and early Thursday.
The fourth person injured, the building’s caretaker Roni Mia, has burns to 70 percent of his body. His condition is also critical.
The compressor on the gas line exploded at about 1:30am on Saturday night (10 October) in a room on the second floor of Islam Tower, a six-storey building owned by Shah Alam Mia in Sonapur Uttarpara village of Kanchpur, Sonargaon. Sharif Hossain, his wife Rozina Akter, his brother-in-law Riaz and the building’s caretaker Roni Mia were burned.
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