Gazipur fire: another victim dies, death toll rises to 17
Gazipur Correspondent
Another victim, who sustained burn injuries in a fire caused by a gas cylinder blast in Gazipur's Kaliakair upazila on March 13, died at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka early Saturday.
The death toll from the fire now stands at 17.
The deceased was Kuddus Khan, 45, a day labourer, who had 80 percent burns on his body, breathed his last around 4:00am at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital, said Dr Tarikul Islam, resident surgeon of the hospital.
Kuddus hailed from Lalmonirhat and used to live at Kaliakoir with his wife Nazma Begum. He suffered burn injuries when he was returning home after work.
On March 13, at least 35 people, including women and children, sustained burn injuries after a gas cylinder exploded in Kaliakair on Wednesday evening.
One patient was admitted with 100 percent burns while three were hospitalised with 95 percent burns, and 16 were hospitalised with over 50 percent burns, according to sources at the hospital.
Locals said a fire broke out from a gas cylinder at a house in Telir Chala area of Mouchak in Kaliakair around 6 pm on Wednesday. When the residents of the house threw it out on the road, the explosion occurred, leaving several others also injured.
