UNB, Dhaka :
A couple sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at their house in the Patenga Steel Mill Bazar area of the port city on Wednesday.
The injured have been identified as Akter Hossain, 26, and his wife Salma Akter, 20.
Senior Station Officer of Agrabad Fire Service and Civil Defense, Enamul Haque, said that leakage of gas from a domestic cylinder triggered the blaze at Mannan Bhaban in Makbul Housing Society at 8pm.
On information, few fire tenders were immediately sent to the spot and the couple was rushed to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital.
“Salma’s condition is critical as she has received 80% burns,” said hospital sources.
