Staff Reporter :
Six members of a family were burnt in a gas cylinder blast in a house in of Keraniganj.
The explosion took place around 5 pm on Tuesday afternoon in Model Mandail Jaola Para area of Keraniganj.
The victims are identified as Shahadat Hossain, 20, Yeasin, 12, Sonia, 26, Marium, 8, Begum, 60, and Eduni Begum, 50.
According to relatives, six members of a family sustained burn injuries when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in the area of Keraniganj around 5 pm.
They were admitted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (SHNIBPS) for treatment.
Md Bachchu Miah, In-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital police camp, confirmed the incident to the media.
A physician at the emergency department of the institute said that Yeasin and Begum suffered 28% burns from the explosion respectively. Both of them are in critical condition.
