Five members of a family received severe burn injuries in a fire that broke out in their Tin-shed house at Par Gandaria under Dakkhin Keraniganj in Dhaka district early Wednesday.The injured persons have been identified as Rafia Khatun, 50, her two daughters namely Salma, 25, and audibly handicapped Sonia, 11, and two sons namely Rokey, 18, and Akash, 14, police said. The fire originated from a mosquito coil at 3:45am, local Fire Service Unit sources said. Quoting the family members, Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) Police Outpost In-Charge Mozammel Haque confirmed the matter and said that the fire quickly engulfed the entire house. At that time the family members were sleeping there, leaving them critically injured.Hearing the shouting of the family members, local people rushed to the spot and doused the blaze after half an hour of frantic efforts, he said. The injured were undergoing treatment in the DMCH’s Burn, but the condition of the mother is stated critical, the police official said.
