Six garment workers, including three women, were burnt as a gas cylinder exploded at a house in Dahargaon area of Rupganj upazila in Narayanganj early Saturday.
The injured were Abul Hossain, 50, Shelly Akhter, 35, Munni Akter, 22, Jewel, 20, Ismail, 23 and Taslima, 16.
Local sources said that a fire broke out after the gas cylinder went off with a big bang at about 2:30am, leaving them injured.
Mughal Mia, a witness, said that the fire broke out at the house as someone tried to light a mosquito coil at night.
Later, they were rushed to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.
鈥楢ll of them suffered 55 per cent burn injuries and are not out of danger,鈥� said resident medical officer of the institute Tariqul Islam.
