Four members of a family have suffered burn injuries in a fire at a house in Gazipur's Mahanagar Chakrabarti area.
The fire, erupted from a mosquito coil, injured Abdul Jalil, 45, his son Yasin Mahmud, 13, daughter Jiyasmin Akter, 20, and son-in-law Abul Hasan, 23, around 3am on Friday (Mar 29).
The locals took them to a local hospital after which the burn victims were sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for better treatment.
The injured father Abdul Jalil said, “The fire originated in my daughter Jiyasmin's room where the other family members were too. Hearing their screams, I went in to help and got burnt too.”
DMCH police camp In-charge SI Baccu Mia, told Bangla Tribune, “The victims are under proper medical supervision. One of the victims Jiyasmin, is in critical condition as 87% of her body is burnt."