Five members of a family have received severe burn injures as a fire broke out at their house in Par Gendaria area of Dakhkhin Keraniganj early Thursday.
The injured were identified as Rafia Khatun, 50, her two daughters, Salma, 22, an audibly handicapped girl, Sonia, 11, and two sons Rokey, 18, and Akash, 14.
The fire originated from a mosquito coil at a tin-shed house in Gendaria around 3am, quoting police and witnesses, UNB reported.
The fire soon engulfed the entire house when the family members were sleeping at their rooms, leaving them critically injured.
Hearing the screams of the family members, local people rushed to the spot and doused the blaze after half an hour of frantic efforts.
The injured were undergoing treatment at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.