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A woman, who suffered 55 percent burns in a fire at her residence on June 10, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Sunday, raising the death toll to 4.

The deceased is Roxy Akter, 20, wife of Sirajul Mostafa, a Bangladeshi working in Dubai, and daughter of Abdul Mannan of Cox鈥檚 Bazar district.


Roxy breathed her last at about 5:05am at the burn unit of the hospital, said Inspector Bachhu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police camp.

Earlier, Ayan, 3, Sirajul and Roxy鈥檚 son, and Futu Akter, Roxy鈥檚 sister, died at the hospital on Wednesday while Abdul Mannan, 60, Roxy鈥檚 father succumbed to his injuries on Thursday.

Four members of a family suffered burn injuries when a fire broke out due to a gas explosion at a house in Bhatara area of the capital on June 11.