UNB :
A garment worker on Friday succumbed to his burn injuries he sustained in fire at a residential building in Siddhirganj area of Narayanjganj.
The deceased was identified as Mamun, 27. He passed away at 8 am at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), said Bacchu Mia, in-charge inspector of DMCH police outpost.
The worker sustained burn injuries following a sudden gas explosion at a flat of the seven-storey building on Thursday. Subsequently he was admitted to the institute on Thursday with 100 percent burns. Two more injured workers, Parvej, 28, with 100 percent burns, and Jibon, 20, with 30 percent burns, are currently being treated at the hospital, said Dr SM Ayub Hossain, resident surgeon.
The fire broke out at the building around 6pm on Thursday.
Riaz, a colleague of the victims, said that the workers were on a break and getting ready for the night shift when there was a sudden explosion, and the fire broke out.
