Two more victims who sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast in the capital鈥檚 Bhashantek area on April 12 died while undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the city, taking the death toll to three.
The resident surgeon of the burn institute, Tariqul Islam, said that 52-year-old Md Liton, suffering from 67 per cent burns, died at about 6:00am on Tuesday while his 30-year-old wife Surjo Banu, who suffered 82 per cent burns, breathed her last at about 7:20pm on Monday.
The remaining three victims undergoing treatment at the institute are in a critical condition, he said.
Earlier, Bhashantek police station duty officer Md Borhan Uddin told 抖阴精品 that the explosion resulting from a gas cylinder leak occurred at about 4:15am on April 12 at a residence in the Shyamalpalli residential area of Bhashantek.
鈥楾he explosion occurred after one of the family members lit a match to ignite a mosquito coil,鈥� he added.
The six victims of the family are Md Liton, 52, and his wife Surjo Banu, 30, and their three children聽 Lamia, 7, Suzon, 9,聽 Liza, 18, and Surjo鈥檚 mother 65-yer-old Mehrunnesa.
Meherunnesa died while undergoing treatment at the institute on April 13.
